Career
At the age of nine, Luiz moved with her family to Melbourne, Australia, where she obtained a dual citizenship. She defeated South Africa"s Michelle Edwards and Fiji"s Karyn Whiteside in the preliminary rounds, before losing out her third match to New Zealand"s Rachel Hindley, with a score of 7–21 and 12–21. Luiz qualified for the women"s doubles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifteenth and receiving a continental spot for Oceania from the Badminton World Federation"s ranking list.
