Lorena Blanco (born July 22, 1977) is a

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player from

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, who won two bronze medals at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games, officially the XIV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Santo Domingo 2003, were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the Games was made in the mid-1990 ...

. She played

badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed do ...

, losing to Wang Chen of

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in the round of 32. In 1996 she was triple champion at the South American Badminton Championships winning the women's singles, women's doubles (with

Ximena Bellido Ximena Aída Marío Bellido Ugarte (born 10 September 1966) is a retired Peruvian badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be p ...

) and mixed doubles (with Gustavo Salazar) events.

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* 1977 births Living people Peruvian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Peru Badminton players at the 2003 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 1999 Pan American Games Badminton players at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru Pan American Games bronze medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century Peruvian sportswomen 21st-century Peruvian sportswomen {{Peru-badminton-bio-stub