Vitor Tavares
Personal information
Birth name	Vitor Gonçalves Tavares
Country	Brazil
Born	(1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 (age 25) Curitiba, Brazil
Height	1.40 m (4 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles and doubles SH6
Highest ranking	2 (MS 4 July 2022) 1 (MD with Miles Krajewski 20 April 2023) 2 (XD with Rubí Fernández 1 January 2019)
Current ranking	2 (MS) 4 (MD with Miles Krajewski) (3 September 2024)
Medal record Men's para-badminton Representing  Brazil Paralympic Games 2024 Paris Men's singles World Championships 2022 Tokyo Men's doubles 2019 Basel Men's singles 2019 Basel Men's doubles 2019 Basel Mixed doubles 2022 Tokyo Men's singles 2024 Pattaya Men's singles 2024 Pattaya Men's doubles Parapan American Games 2019 Lima Men's singles 2023 Santiago Men's singles Pan Am Championships 2018 Lima Men's singles 2018 Lima Men's doubles 2018 Lima Mixed doubles 2022 Cali Men's singles South American Championships 2018 Lima Men's singles 2018 Lima Men's doubles
BWF profile

Vitor Gonçalves Tavares (born 7 March 1999) is a Brazilian para badminton player who competes in international badminton competitions. He is a five-time World medalist and is a Parapan American Games champion. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics where he reached the bronze medal match in the men's singles SH6 but lost to Krysten Coombs.^[1][2][3]

Men's singles SH6

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Chu Man Kai	23–21, 16–21, 21–12	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Wong Chun Yim	13–21, 16–21	Bronze
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Jack Shephard	14–21, 20–22	Bronze
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Krishna Nagar	16–21, 17–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Miles Krajewski	Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim	13–21, 16–21	Bronze
2022	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Miles Krajewski	Lee Dae-sung Natthapong Meechai	21–19, 11–21, 15–21	Silver
2024	Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand	Miles Krajewski	Lin Naili Zeng Qingtao	9–21, 12–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Rubí Fernández	Robert Laing Rebecca Bedford	11–21, 25–23, 21–23	Bronze

Men's singles SH6

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	National Sport Village, Lima, Peru	Miles Krajewski	21–18, 14–21, 21–14	Gold
2023	Olympic Training Center, Santiago, Chile	Miles Krajewski	19–21, 15–21	Silver

Men's singles SH6

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	National Sport Village, Lima, Peru	Miles Krajewski	21–13, 21–13	Gold
2022	Coliseo Alberto León Betancur, Cali, Colombia	Miles Krajewski	21–12, 14–21, 18–21	Bronze

Men's doubles SH6

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	National Sport Village, Lima, Peru	Miles Krajewski	Dhiego Vidal Guimarães Jesús Salva	21–7, 21–9	Gold

Mixed doubles SH6

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	National Sport Village, Lima, Peru	Rubí Fernández	Jesús Salva Giuliana Póveda	21–12, 21–19	Gold

Men's singles SH6

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Polideportivo 2 de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Jesús Salva	21–8, 21–10	Gold

Men's doubles SH6

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Polideportivo 2 de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Jesús Salva	Angel Ielpo Jonatan Mattos	21–4, 21–8	Gold
			Cristóbal Brunet David López	21–8, 21–7
			Brayan Abarca Nilton Quispe	21–8, 21–2

The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022.^[4]

Men's singles SH6

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Krishna Nagar	26–24, 17–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2022	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Charles Noakes	15–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner
2022	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Jack Shephard	17–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Charles Noakes	20–22, 21–19, 21–10	Winner
2023	Brazil Para Badminton International	Level 2	Chu Man Kai	22–20, 12–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	Western Australia Para Badminton International	Level 2	Wong Chun Yim	22–20, 21–8	Winner
2024	Spanish Para Badminton International I	Level 1	Chu Man Kai	18–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles SH6

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Miles Krajewski	Dhinagaran Pandurangan Sivarajan Solaimalai	Walkover	Winner
				Justin Kendrick Wyatt Lightfoot	21–7, 21–19
				Maxime Greboval Iván Segura	21–13, 21–17
				Nilton Quispe Jesús Salva	21–13, 21–12
2023	Spanish Para Badminton International II	Level 2	Miles Krajewski	Lee Dae-sung Natthapong Meechai	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	Canada Para Badminton International	Level 1	Miles Krajewski	Justin Kendrick Wyatt Lightfoot	21–9, 21–12	Runner-up
				Krishna Nagar Sivarajan Solaimalai	24–26, 17–21
				Nilton Quispe Jesús Salva	21–12, 22–20

Men's singles SH6

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Peru Para Badminton International	Yohei Hatakeyama	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2018	Brazil Para Badminton International	Yohei Hatakeyama	21–9, 21–13	Winner
2020	Brazil Para Badminton International	Krishna Nagar	21–18, 21–19	Winner
2020	Peru Para Badminton International	Krishna Nagar	21–17, 14–21, 13–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles SH6

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Indonesia Para Badminton International	Rubí Fernández	Jesús Salva Giuliana Póveda	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2019	Canada Para Badminton Championships	Daria Bujnicka	Miles Krajewski Katherine Valli	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2019	Turkish Para Badminton International	Oliwia Szmigiel	Krishna Nagar Maria Bartusz	19–21, 24–22, 21–16	Winner

• Vitor Tavares at BWFBadminton.com
• Vitor Tavares at BWFPara.TournamentSoftware.com
• Vitor Tavares at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
• Vitor Goncalves Tavares at the International Paralympic Committee
• Vitor Gonçalves Tavares at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)