Tania Luiz


Tania Ann Luiz is an Australian badminton player. At the age of nine, Luiz moved with her family to Melbourne, Australia. She started playing badminton three years later, and went on to represent Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, coincidentally in her home city. She defeated South Africa's Michelle Edwards and Fiji's Karyn Whiteside in the preliminary rounds, before losing out her third match to New Zealand's Rachel Hindley, with a score of 7–21 and 12–21.
Luiz qualified for the women's doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving a continental spot for Oceania from the Badminton World Federation's ranking list. Luiz and her partner Eugenia Tanaka lost the preliminary round match to Japanese pair Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna, with a score of 4–21 and 8–21.
Shortly after the Olympics, Luiz was selected as the member of the Badminton World Federation's Athletes Commission, along with five other athletes, including Guatemala's Pedro Yang.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2006Auckland, New Zealand Rachel Hindley17–21, 10–21 Bronze

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Nouméa, New Caledonia Eugenia Tanaka Michelle Chan
Rachel Hindley
10–21, 10–21 Bronze
2004Waitakere City, New Zealand Kellie Lucas Nicole Gordon
Sara Runesten-Petersen
6–15, 5–15 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004Waitakere City, New Zealand Stuart Brehaut Daniel Shirley
Sara Runesten-Petersen
1–15, 1–15 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2005New Caledonia International Renee Flavell11–6, 1–11, 0–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Miami Pan Am International Eugenia Tanaka Cristina Aicardi
Claudia Rivero
21–13, 21–13 Winner
2008Peru International Eugenia Tanaka Erin Carroll
Leisha Cooper
21–23, 21–17, 21–13 Winner
2007Samoa International Susan Dobson Renee Flavell
Michelle Chan
21–17, 11–21, 21–16 Winner
2007Fiji International Susan Dobson Renee Flavell
Michelle Chan
15–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2004Ballarat International Kate Wilson-Smith Renuga Veeran
Susan Wang
7–15, 12–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005New Caledonia International Glenn Warfe Scott Menzies
Renee Flavell
6–15, 10–15 Runner-up
2005Australian International Stuart Brehaut Travis Denney
Kate Wilson-Smith
9–15, 8–15 Runner-up
2004Ballarat International Stuart Brehaut Travis Denney
Kate Wilson-Smith
3–15, 2–15 Runner-up
2004Western Australia International Stuart Brehaut Travis Denney
Kate Wilson-Smith
1–15, 1–15 Runner-up
2003New Caledonia International Stuart Brehaut Guy Gibson
Kellie Lucas
3–15, 15–8, 15–12 Winner