the 2012 Summer Olympics singles competition. He won both of his group matches beating 15th seed Englishman Rajiv Ouseph and Swedish player Henri Hurskainen in the process, thus winning a place in the round of 16. He lost his round of 16 match versus Sho Sasaki of Japan. He qualified again to the 2016 Summer Olympics, but had to withdrew due to injury after finishing the first match losing a tough 3-setter against Adrian Dziolko of Poland. Cordón qualified again for the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won both of his group matches, defeating Mexican Lino Munoz and the 8th-seeded Ng Ka Long, thus winning a place in the round of 16. He defeated Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands to advance to the quarter-finals for the first time ever. In the quarter-finals, he defeated Korean Heo Kwang-hee 21–13 and 21–18 to become the first Central American to advance to the Olympic badminton semi-finals. He lost the semi-final to eventual gold medalist Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and the bronze medal match to Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, both on straight games. Kevin Cordón twice won the continental Pan Am Badminton Championships in the men's singles event in 2009 and 2012 and also once the men's doubles Pan Am badminton event in 2009 with compatriot Rodolfo Ramirez. Already as a junior player in 2004 he won the continental Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships boys' singles title in the U-19 category. Achievements Pan American Games Men's singles Pan Am Championships Men's singles Men's doubles Central American and Caribbean Games Men's singles Men's doubles BWF International Challenge/Series (40 titles, 17 runner-up) Men's singles Men's doubles BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament Record against selected opponents Includes results against CACSO Games finalists, Pan Am Games finalists, Pan Am Championships finalists, Super Series finalists, World Championship semifinalists, Olympic quarter-finalists, and all Olympic opponents. Ygor Coelho 4–1 Mike Beres 0–1 Andrew D'Souza 1–0 Jason Ho-Shue 2–2 Brian Yang 1–5 Stephan Wojcikiewicz 3–0 Bao Chunlai 0–1 Chen Long 1–0 Osleni Guerrero 10–5 Ilian Perez 0–1 Jan Fröhlich 1–3 Peter Gade 0–1 Joachim Persson 1–1 Viktor Axelsen 0–1 Rajiv Ouseph 1–1 Marc Zwiebler 0–2 Pedro Yang 2–0 Ng Ka Long 1–0 Ajay Jayaram 0–2 Parupalli Kashyap 0–1 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 0–1 Taufik Hidayat 0–1 Kento Momota 0–1 Sho Sasaki 0–2 Lee Chong Wei 0–2 Lino Muñoz 14–1 Mark Caljouw 1–1 Adrian Dziółko 2–1 Heo Kwang-hee