The Salvadoran player took an important step to close 2021 and start 2022. Now, he is 145 in the world, a reflection of the great year that the national badminton player achieved
The Salvadoran badminton player, Uriel Canjura, closed 2021 in great shape. The final stretch of the year was of a great level for the national, who added several individual prizes in different tournaments. So to conclude his season and start 2022, on the path he is looking for the Paris Olympics 2024, managed to make a leap in the world rankings.
The Suchitoto native achieved a high momentum, after it was confirmed that he climbed 23 places in the Badminton World Ranking (Badminton World Ranking). This level allows the Salvadoran to continue maintaining his route of ascent, at the entrance to what is already the new Olympic cycle.
Gold metal for Uriel Canjura at El Salvador International 2021
Canjura achieved this position after being crowned champion of the III International El Salvador 2021, an event that allowed him to rank and measure him with the best. According to data from the El Salvador Olympic Committee (COES), the player who plays for the Oviedo Club of Spain was previously in 168th place, with 12,540 points. Now, he moved up to box 145, reaching the amount of 14,530 points.
The Salvadoran recently won two silver medals in the first edition of the Junior Pan American Games in Cali-Valle 2021, one in men’s singles and another in mixed doubles, along with Fatima Centeno. He was one of the top three medalists in El Salvador, and this allows him to position himself as one of the best in the continent at the youth level.
In the world ranking, only above Uriel are the chapines, for Central America Ruben Castellanos (130, with 15,730) and Kevin Cordon (42, with 39,742), the latter the highest benchmark in the area, after finishing fourth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and several times Pan-American champion.
The Suchitotense will return to Spain in January to continue his studies and continue with the club. That team that has made him grow in his game.
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