Dánica Nishimura

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 clinch the silver medal.^[6]

Women's doubles

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

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Evo Morales Coliseum, Cochabamba, Bolivia	Daniela Macías	Fabiana Silva Luana Vicente	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

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

Mixed doubles

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

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