Rogério de Oliveira


Rogério Junior Xavier de Oliveira is a Brazilian para-badminton player. He was the men's singles SL4 champion at the 2023 Parapan American Games. In 2024, he represented Brazil in the men's singles SL4 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. He did not advance to the knockout stage.

Biography

At 8 years old, Rogério suffered an accident at school when he fell off a wall and fractured his right femur, which caused his right leg to shorten by 8 cm. He was introduced to para-badminton during a lecture at school in 2013 and later joined the Brazilian national para-badminton team in 2016.

Achievements

Parapan American Games

Men's singles SL4
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019National Sport Village, Lima, Peru

Pan Am Championships

Men's singles SL4
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2016Coliseo Municipal de Envigado, Medellín, Colombia

South American Championships

Men's singles SL4
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2021Ginásio Univille, Joinville, Brazil

International tournaments (2011–2021) (2 runners-up)

Men's singles SL4
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Colombia Para-Badminton Internationalsilver2