Lorena Uslé

Lorena Uslé Vejo (born 16 February 1994) is a Spanish badminton player.[3] Trained at the Oviedo badminton club, she won three mixed doubles title at the Spanish National Championships partnered with Alberto Zapico.[4] She was part of Spanish team that won the bronze medal at the 2016 and 2018 European Women's Team Championships.

Lorena Uslé
Uslé at the 2018 Kazan European women's team championships
Personal information
Birth nameLorena Uslé Vejo
CountrySpain
Born (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994
Solares, Cantabria, Spain[1]
ResidenceOviedo, Spain
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)[2]
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking160 (WD with Claudia Leal 26 March 2019)
85 (XD with Alberto Zapico 5 November 2019)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Spain
European Women's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kazan Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kazan Women's team
BWF profile

Career

Uslé started to playing badminton at the age of 8 in Cantabria. At 16, she received an internship scholarship at the Technification Center of Asturias, in Oviedo, where she is currently training.[5]

She competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and 2019 European Games.[2][6]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Spanish International Spain Paula López Netherlands Alyssa Tirtosentono
Netherlands Imke van der Aar		 11–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Slovak Open Spain Alberto Zapico Thailand Supak Jomkoh
Thailand Supissara Paewsampran		 18–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Croatian International Spain Alberto Zapico Denmark Emil Lauritzen
Denmark Iben Bergstein		 21–19, 12–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title)

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Spanish Junior International Spain Nelly Iriberri England Kerri Scott
England Claire Weaver		 21–10, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References
  1. Rodrigo, Mario (3 January 2021). ""Me cuesta ponerme objetivos a corto plazo por la situación que vivimos"". www.lne.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. "Athlete profile: Usle Vejo Lorena". tarragona2018.cat. Tarragona 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. "Players: Lorena Uslé". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. Fernández, Álvaro (2 December 2020). "Zapico y Uslé brillan en Huelva". www.elcomercio.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. Hergueta, Regina (27 May 2017). "Lorena Uslé: "No contamos con ayuda de la Federación Española"". sextoanillo.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. "Los Juegos Europeos Minsk 2019 contarán con cuatro jugadores". www.badminton.es (in Spanish). 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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