Osleni Guerrero

Guerrero, born in Havana, started competing in badminton in 2000, and joined the national team in 2005.^[1] As a junior player he won the under-19 category at the 2007 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships held at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where he beat first seed Howard Shu of the US, 21–13, 21–10 in the final.^[1]

Guerrero won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2015 Pan Am Games, losing the semi-final to Canadian Andrew D'Souza.^[4] In the 2011 Pan American Games he made history, reaching the final and a silver [an Am Games medal for Cuba at badminton for the first time. He eventually lost that final to first seeded Kevin Cordón of Guatemala with 13–21, 19–21.

Guerrero competed in 2014 and 2015 BWF World Championships. He is a member of the Cuban national badminton team since 2005. He twice won the continental Pan American Badminton Championship. First in 2013^[5] at Santo Domingo,^[6] beating first seeded American Sattawat Pongnairat 17–21, 21–6, 21–16 in a close 51 minutes final. In 2014 at Markham^[7] venue, he successfully defended his Pan American badminton title, this time beating another American Bjorn Seguin in another close fought final of 58 minutes with 19–21, 21–14, and 21–13.^[8] Guerrero won many events in the Pan American Badminton circuit.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Guerrero played the men's singles event in Group J with Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia, and Howard Shu of United States. He placed second in the group standing after won a match to Shu, but lost to Sugiarto.^[3] He won the silver medal at the 2017 Pan Am Championships defeated by the Brazilian Ygor Coelho de Oliveira in the final.^[14]

In 2018, he won four medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games, 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.

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Kevin Cordón	21–23, 19–21	Silver
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada	Andrew D'Souza	21–13, 14–21, 13–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru	Leodannis Martínez	Jason Ho-shue Nyl Yakura	21–23, 15–21	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru	Kevin Cordón	20–22, 10–21	Silver
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Sattawat Pongnairat	17–21, 21–6, 21–16	Gold
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Bjorn Seguin	19–21, 21–14, 21–13	Gold
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Ygor Coelho	21–12, 16–21, 10–21	Silver
2018	Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Ygor Coelho	17–21, 7–21	Bronze
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Kevin Cordón	21–11, 22–20	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico	Leodannis Martínez	Jason Ho-shue Nyl Yakura	11–21, 22–20, 10–21	Silver

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Omega Complex, Veracruz, Mexico	Kevin Cordón	22–20, 13–21, 22–24	Silver
2018	Coliseo Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia	Kevin Cordón	16–21, 21–14, 23–25	Silver

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Coliseo Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia	Leodannis Martínez	Gareth Henry Samuel Ricketts	12–21, 21–11, 19–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Omega Complex, Veracruz, Mexico	Taymara Oropesa	Job Castillo Sabrina Solis	16–21, 21–14, 21–13	Gold
2018	Coliseo Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia	Adriana Artiz	Leodannis Martínez Taymara Oropesa	18–21, 21–17, 21–19	Gold

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Howard Shu	21–13, 21–10	Gold

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Peru International	Kimihiro Yamaguchi	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	Giraldilla International	Alexander Hernández	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2010	Internacional Mexicano	Bjorn Seguin	17–21, 21–19, 21–17	Winner
2011	Giraldilla International	Arief Gifar Ramadhan	19–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	Giraldilla International	Charles Pyne	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2012	Peru International	Tan Chun Seang	15–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2012	Venezuela International	Ilian Perez	21–17, 17–21, 21–15	Winner
2012	Suriname International	Misha Zilberman	21–16, 18–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2013	Giraldilla International	Jan Fröhlich	21–19, 21–3	Winner
2013	Peru International	Misha Zilbermann	17–21, 21–13, 21–11	Winner
2013	Venezuela International	Heymard Humblers	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2013	Guatemala International	Rodolfo Ramírez	10–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2013	Brazil International	Yang Chih-hsun	21–8, 18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Santo Domingo Open	Howard Shu	21–16, 21–6	Winner
2013	Suriname International	Jan Fröhlich	21–11, 21–18	Winner
2013	Internacional Mexicano	Daniel Paiola	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2014	Peru International	Hock Lai Lee	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2014	Venezuela International	Daniel Paiola	21–13, 21–8	Winner
2014	Brazil International	Henri Hurskainen	6–11, 7–11, 6–11	Runner-up
2015	Suriname International	Jan Fröhlich	21–7 retired	Winner
2014	Santo Domingo Open	David Obernosterer	16–21, 21–16, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Giraldilla International	Howard Shu	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2015	Chile International	Ramazan Öztürk	21–9, 21–15	Winner
2015	Internacional Mexicano	Ernesto Velázquez	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Suriname International	Howard Shu	21–11, 21–16	Winner
2016	Guatemala International	Kevin Cordón	Walkover	Winner
2016	Giraldilla International	Luka Wraber	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2016	Chile International	Jan Fröhlich	14–21, 21–8, 21–14	Winner
2017	Giraldilla International	Rosario Maddaloni	21–15, 21–15	Winner
2017	Santo Domingo Open	Luis Ramón Garrido	12–21, 21–16, 21–12	Winner
2017	Suriname International	Brian Yang	21–12, 17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Peru International	Kevin Cordón	20–22, 21–14, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Santo Domingo Open	Rosario Maddaloni	21–13, 19–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	Mexico Future Series	Lino Muñoz	20–22, 21–18, 21–15	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Venezuela International	Ronald Toledo	Rubén Castellanos Adams Rodríguez	18–21, 21–8, 21–8	Winner
2017	Giraldilla International	Leodannis Martínez	Lukas Osele Kevin Strobl	21–11, 22–24, 21–8	Winner
2017	Santo Domingo Open	Leodannis Martínez	Therry Aquino Reimi Starling Cabrera Rosario	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2018	Giraldilla International	Leodannis Martínez	Lazaro Yovani Madera Padrino Ernesto Reyes	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2018	Guatemala International	Leodannis Martínez	Rubén Castellanos Aníbal Marroquín	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	Peru Future Series	Leodannis Martínez	Mario Cuba Diego Mini	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2019	Mexico Future Series	Leodannis Martínez	Andrés López Luis Montoya	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2019	Santo Domingo Open	Leodannis Martínez	Fabrício Farias Francielton Farias	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2022	Santo Domingo Open	Leodannis Martínez	Ayato Endo Yuta Takei	13–21, 9–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Giraldilla International	Solángel Guzmán	Alexander Hernández María L. Hernández	17–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2014	Giraldilla International	Taymara Oropesa	Andrés Corpancho Luz María Zornoza	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2017	Santo Domingo Open	Adriana Artiz	Leodannis Martínez Taymara Oropesa	11–21, 21–13, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Jamaica International	Yeily Ortiz	Leodannis Martínez Taymara Oropesa	22–20, 21–15	Runner-up
2018	Giraldilla International	Adriana Artiz	Leodannis Martínez Taymara Oropesa	21–13, 13–21, 21–19	Winner
2019	Peru Future Series	Taymara Oropesa	Vinson Chiu Breanna Chi	20–22, 9–21	Runner-up
2019	Mexico Future Series	Taymara Oropesa	Luis Montoya Vanessa Villalobos	22–20, 15–21, 21–16	Winner

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• Osleni Guerrero at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Osleni Guerrero at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)