Dánica Nishimura

Dánica Nishimura Higa (born 11 September 1996) is a Peruvian badminton player.[1][2]

Dánica Nishimura
Personal information
Birth name	Dánica Nishimura Higa
Country	Peru
Born	11 September 1996 Lima, Peru
Residence	Lima, Peru
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	91 (WS 8 January 2015) 41 (WD 19 October 2017) 67 (XD 15 March 2018)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Peru Pan Am Championships 2017 Havana Women's doubles 2013 Santo Domingo Women's doubles 2016 Campinas Women's doubles 2016 Campinas Mixed team Pan Am Women's Team Championships 2018 Tacarigua Women's team South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Women's doubles 2018 Cochabamba Mixed doubles 2018 Cochabamba Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Nishimura started playing badminton at aged 10 in AELU club. In 2008 she competed in the junior event and at the same year, she joined the national team.[1] In 2013, she won the bronze medal at the Pan Am Badminton Championships in women's doubles partnering with Daniela Macías, then in 2016, she won the bronze medals in the women's doubles and mixed team events.[3][4]

Nishimura claimed two gold medals in the individual event at the 2018 South American Games in the women's and mixed doubles,[5] and also helped the team clinched the silver medal.[6]

Achievements

Pan Am Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Sports City Coliseum, Havana, Cuba	Daniela Macías	Michelle Tong Josephine Wu	11–21, 12–21	Silver
2016	Clube Fonte São Paulo, Campinas, Brazil	Daniela Macías	Michelle Tong Josephine Wu	17–21, 19–21	Bronze
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Daniela Macías	Alex Bruce Phyllis Chan	5–21, 15–21	Bronze

South American Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia	Daniela Macías	Luana Vicente Fabiana Silva	22–20, 21–10	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia	Daniel la Torre Regal	Artur Silva Pomoceno Luana Vicente	21–17, 21–11	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (23 titles, 13 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Suriname International	Daniela Macías	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Peru Future Series	Daniela Macías	Inés Castillo Paula la Torre Regal	21–19, 20–22, 21–19	Winner
2020	Jamaica International	Daniela Macías	Sayaka Hobara Rena Miyaura	3–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2020	Uganda International	Daniela Macías	Meghana Jakkampudi Poorvisha S. Ram	17–21, 22–20, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	El Salvador International	Daniela Macías	Ana Lucía Albanés Michele Barrios	21–14, 21–8	Winner
2019	Suriname International	Daniela Macías	Monyata Riviera Sabrina Scott	21–4, 21–7	Winner
2019	Algeria International	Daniela Macías	Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2019	Bahrain International	Daniela Macías	Suthinee Dansoonthornwong Kanyanat Sudchoeichom	18–21, 21–16, 21–17	Winner
2019	Guatemala International	Daniela Macías	Jaqueline Lima Samia Lima	19–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2019	Benin International	Daniela Macías	Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	21–19, 18–21, 21–12	Winner
2019	Peru Future Series	Daniela Macías	Diana Corleto Soto Nikté Sotomayor	17–21, 21–5, 21–14	Winner
2019	Giraldilla International	Daniela Macías	Inés Castillo Paula la Torre Regal	21–9, 21–11	Winner
2019	Jamaica International	Inés Castillo	Breanna Chi Jennie Gai	11–21, 6–21	Runner-up
2018	El Salvador International	Daniela Macías	Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor Diana Corleto Soto	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2018	Suriname International	Daniela Macías	Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor Diana Corleto Soto	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2018	International Mexicano	Daniela Macías	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	25–23, 16–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2018	Peru International	Daniela Macías	Inés Castillo Paula la Torre Regal	21–11, 21–10	Winner
2018	Peru Future Series	Daniela Macías	Inés Castillo Paula la Torre Regal	21–16, 21–10	Winner
2017	Guatemala International	Daniela Macías	Noemi Almonte Bermary Altagracia Polanco Munoz	21–12, 21–6	Winner
2017	Internacional Mexicano	Daniela Macías	Ariel Lee Sydney Lee	21–6, 21–6	Winner
2017	Carebaco International	Daniela Macías	Nairoby Abigail Jimenez Licelott Sanchez	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2017	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Daniela Macías	Annie Xu Kerry Xu	11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2017	Peru International	Daniela Macías	Jaqueline Lima Samia Lima	21–19, 22–20	Winner
2017	Peru International Series	Daniela Macías	Inés Castillo Paula La Torre Regal	21–12, 21–10	Winner
2015	Brazil International	Daniela Macías	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	9–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2014	Santo Domingo Open	Daniela Macías	Vibieca Beronica Daigenis Saturria	14–21, 21–18, 21–16	Winner
2014	Suriname International	Daniela Macías	Katherine Winder Luz Maria Zornoza	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2014	Colombia International	Daniela Macías	Katherine Winder Luz Maria Zornoza	6–11, 10–11, 6–11	Runner-up
2014	Giraldilla International	Luz Maria Zornoza	Camilla Garcia Daniela Zapata	21–15, 21–17	Winner
2013	Giraldilla International	Camilla Garcia	Daniela Macías Luz Maria Zornoza	17–21, 21–18, 22–20	Winner
2011	Colombia International	Daniela Macías	Daneysha Santana Luz Maria Zornoza	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	El Salvador International	Aníbal Marroquín	Brian Yang Catherine Choi	6–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2018	Peru Future Series	Daniel la Torre Regal	Diego Mini Paula la Torre Regal	21–18, 15–21, 21–10	Winner
2017	Internacional Mexicano	Daniel la Torre Regal	Leodannis Martinez Tahimara Oropeza	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2017	Carebaco International	Daniel la Torre Regal	Bruno Barrueto Deza Inés Castillo	21–16, 21–9	Winner
2017	Peru International Series	Daniel la Torre Regal	Mario Cuba Katherine Winder	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Danica Nishimura". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
2. "Badminton-Athlete Profile: Nishimura Danica". results.toronto2015.org. Toronto 2015 Pan Am. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
3. "Daniela Macias y Dánica Nishimura logran medalla de bronce en Panamericano de Bádminton". www.generaccion.com (in Spanish). Grupo Generaccion. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
4. "Perú gana medalla de bronce en Panamericano de Bádminton". www.andina.com.pe (in Spanish). Agencia Peruana de Noticias. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
5. "Perú suma 8 medallas de oro en Cochabamba" (in Spanish). RBC Radio. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
6. "Medalla de plata para Perú en bádminton por equipos de los Juegos Suramericanos" (in Spanish). Peru.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

External links

• Dánica Nishimura at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Dánica Nishimura on Facebook