Rodrigo Daniel Pacheco Carrillo (born 14 January 1983) is a

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badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player. Pacheco started playing badminton when he was 6 years old at the club Regatas Lima. He had made his debut at the Pan Am Junior Championships in 1996, and became the senior national team member in 2001. He was the bronze medalists at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

, in the men's singles event in

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, and also in the mixed doubles event in 2007 and

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. In 2010, he won triple gold medals at the

South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nati ...

in the men's doubles, mixed doubles, and mixed team event. He competed for Peru at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Pacheco educated Sports management at the

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Achievements

Pan American Games

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

Pan Am Championships

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

South American Games

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacheco, Rodrigo 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Lima Peruvian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Peru Badminton players at the 2003 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2007 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru Pan American Games medalists in badminton Competitors at the 2010 South American Games South American Games gold medalists for Peru South American Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Peruvian people