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Osleni Guerrero Velazco (born 18 October 1989) is a Cuban
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player. He is the first Cuban badminton player to win a medal in the
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. Guerrero also competed at the
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.


Career

Guerrero, born in
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, started competing in badminton in 2000, and joined the national team in 2005. As a junior player he won the under-19 category at the 2007
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held at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where he beat first seed
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of the USA, 21–13, 21–10 in the final. Guerrero won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the
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, losing the semi-final to Canadian
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. In the 2011
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17–21, 21–6, 21–16 in a close 51 minutes final. In 2014 at Markham venue, he successfully defended his Pan American badminton title, this time beating another American
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in another close fought final of 58 minutes with 19–21, 21–14, and 21–13. Guerrero won many events in the Pan American Badminton circuit. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Guerrero played the men's singles event in Group J with
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of Indonesia, and
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of United States. He placed second in the group standing after won a match to Shu, but lost to Sugiarto. He won the silver medal at the 2017 Pan Am Championships defeated by the Brazilian
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in the final. In 2018, he won four medals at the
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, a gold medal in the mixed doubles, also three silver medals in the men's singles, doubles, and team events. In 2019, he reached the finals at the Pan Am Championships in two different events, won a gold medal in the men's singles event.


Achievements


Pan American Games

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''


Pan Am Championships

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''


Central American and Caribbean Games

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''


Pan Am Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''


BWF International Challenge/Series (33 titles, 17 runners-up)

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerrero, Osleni 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Havana Cuban male badminton players Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players of Cuba Badminton players at the 2007 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2011 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2015 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in badminton 21st-century Cuban people