Luis Montoya (badminton)

Luis Armando Montoya Navarro (born 8 December 2000) is a Mexican badminton player.[1] Partnering Job Castillo, he managed to win the gold medal at the 2022 Pan Am Championships,[2] and the bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games.[3] He was part of the Mexican team that won the gold medals at the 2018 and 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.[4][5]

Luis Montoya
Personal information
Birth nameLuis Armando Montoya Navarro
CountryMexico
Born (2000-12-08) 8 December 2000 (age 23)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking100 (MS 19 October 2021)
51 (MD with Job Castillo 26 March 2024)
53 (XD with Miriam Rodríguez 30 January 2024)
Current ranking217 (MS),
52 (MD with Job Castillo),
59 (XD with Miriam Rodríguez) (9 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Men's doubles
Pan Am Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 San Salvador Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Aguascalientes Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Guatemala City Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Guatemala City Men's doubles
Pan Am Male Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Salvador Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Acapulco Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 São Paulo Men's team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 San Salvador Men's doubles
BWF profile

Achievements edit

Pan American Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Olympic Training Center,
Santiago, Chile
  Job Castillo   Adam Dong
  Nyl Yakura
10–21, 23–21, 23–25   Bronze [3]

Pan Am Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico
  Andrés López   Osleni Guerrero
  Leodannis Martínez
23–25, 19–21   Bronze [6]
2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Job Castillo   Phillip Chew
  Ryan Chew
17–21, 21–14, 23–25   Bronze [7]
2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,
San Salvador, El Salvador
  Job Castillo   Vinson Chiu
  Joshua Yuan
22–20, 11–8 retired   Gold [2]
2024 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Job Castillo   Chen Zhi-yi
  Presley Smith
21–15, 13–21, 10–21   Bronze

Central American and Caribbean Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Coliseo Complejo El Polvorín,
San Salvador, El Salvador
  Job Castillo Aníbal Marroquín
Jonathan Solís
21–16, 14–21, 20–22   Silver [8]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Coliseo Complejo El Polvorín,
San Salvador, El Salvador
  Miriam Rodríguez Christopher Martínez
Mariana Paiz
21–5, 21–15   Gold [8]

BWF International Challenge/Series (13 titles, 12 runners-up) edit

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Santo Domingo Open   Rubén Castellanos 21–19, 19–21, 13–21   Runner-up [9]
2021 Mexican International   Luís Enrique Peñalver 10–21, 12–21   Runner-up [10]
2022 Mexico Future Series   Job Castillo 21–16, 10–21, 22–20   Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Internacional Mexicano   Jesús Barajas   Mauricio Casillas
  Arturo Hernández
21–18, 17–21, 22–20   Winner [11]
2018 Internacional Mexicano   Andrés López   Fabrício Farias
  Francielton Farias
21–15, 24–22   Winner [12]
2018 Dominican Open   Job Castillo   William Cabrera
  Nelson Javier
21–18, 21–18   Winner [13]
2019 Mexico Future Series   Andrés López   Osleni Guerrero
  Leodannis Martínez
13–21, 19–21   Runner-up [14]
2019 Guatemala International   Job Castillo   Fabrício Farias
  Francielton Farias
17–21, 10–21   Runner-up [15]
2021 Mexican International   Job Castillo   Enrico Asuncion
  Vinson Chiu
21–16, 21–14   Winner [10]
2022 Mexico Future Series   Job Castillo   Kern Pong Lap Kan
  Larry Pong
23–21, 22–24, 20–22   Runner-up
2023 Santo Domingo Open   Job Castillo   Fabrício Farias
  Davi Silva
23–21, 15–21, 21–19   Winner
2023 Venezuela International   Job Castillo   Yonatan Linarez
  Angel Marinez
21–11, 21–12   Winner
2023 Guatemala International   Job Castillo   Koceila Mammeri
  Youcef Sabri Medel
21–18, 21–17   Winner
2023 Mexican International   Job Castillo   Zicheng Xu
  Tianqi Zhang
Walkover   Runner-up
2024 Iran Fajr International   Job Castillo   Krishna Prasad Garaga
  K. Sai Pratheek
18–21, 19–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Mexico Future Series   Vanessa Villalobos   Osleni Guerrero
  Tahimara Oropeza
20–22, 21–15, 16–21   Runner-up [14]
2019 Internacional Mexicano   Vanessa Villalobos   Fabrício Farias
  Jaqueline Lima
21–19, 21–19   Winner [16]
2021 Santo Domingo Open   Vanessa Villalobos   Jonathan Solís
  Diana Corleto
21–17, 21–17   Winner [9]
2021 Peru International   Vanessa Villalobos   Jonathan Solís
  Diana Corleto
12–21, 7–21   Runner-up [17]
2021 Mexican International   Vanessa Villalobos   Vinson Chiu
  Jennie Gai
17–21, 18–21   Runner-up [10]
2023 Santo Domingo Open   Miriam Rodríguez   Koceila Mammeri
  Tanina Mammeri
13–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2023 Mexico Future Series   Miriam Rodríguez   Daniel Zhou
  Chloe Hoang
21–13, 23–25, 21–14   Winner
2023 Venezuela International   Miriam Rodríguez   Job Castillo
  Romina Fregoso
21–13, 21–11   Winner
2023 Guatemala International   Miriam Rodríguez   Koceila Mammeri
  Tanina Mammeri
17–21, 21–16, 19–21   Runner-up
2023 Mexican International   Miriam Rodríguez   Irving Pérez
  Cecilia Madera
21–13, 21–11   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

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