Osleni Guerrero

Osleni Guerrero
Osleni Guerrero at the 2015 BWF World Championships
Personal information
Country	Cuba
Born	(1989-10-18) October 18, 1989 (age 27) Havana, Cuba
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	43 (MS) (March 5, 2015)
Current ranking	56 (MS) (December 3, 2015)
Medal record Men's Badminton Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Men's singles 2015 Toronto Men's singles Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Men's doubles 2014 Veracruz Men's singles 2014 Veracruz Team Pan Am Badminton Championships 2013 Santo Domingo Men's singles 2014 Markham Men's singles 2012 Lima Men's singles
BWF profile

Osleni Guerrero Velazco (born October 18, 1989 in Havana) is a male Cuban badminton player. He is the first Cuban badminton player to win a medal in the Pan American Games. He 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. In the 2011 Pan American Games he made history, reaching the final and a silver Pan 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 at Santo Domingo, beating first seeded American Sattawat Pongnairat 17-21, 21-6, 21-16 in a close 51 minutes final. In 2014 at the Markham 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. Osleni Guerrero won many events in the Pan American Badminton circuit.

As a junior player he already won the U19 category at the 2007 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships held at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where he surprisingly beat first seed Howard Shu of the USA 21-13, 21-10 in the final.