Grace Daniel

Grace Daniel
Grace Daniel
Personal information
Birth name	Grace Kubi Daniel
Country	Nigeria
Born	24 February 1984 (age 37)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Highest ranking	94
Current ranking	215 (21 February 2013)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Nigeria
All-Africa Games
African Championships
Africa Team Championships
	BWF profile

Grace Kubi Daniel (born 24 February 1984) is a Nigerian badminton player.^[1] She defeated South Africa's Michelle Claire Edwards for the gold medal in the women's singles, and also, teamed up with Susan Ideh for a silver in the doubles at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.^[2]

Daniel qualified for the women's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after she was ranked eighty-ninth in the world, and awarded a continental spot for Africa by the Badminton World Federation. She lost the first preliminary round match to Czech Republic's Kristina Ludíková, with a score of 13–21 and 8–21.^[3]^[4]

Achievements[]

African Games[]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Algiers, Algeria	Michelle Edwards	21–16, 21–14	Gold
2003	Abuja, Nigeria	Michelle Edwards		Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Maputo, Mozambique	Fatima Azeez	Camille Allisen Cynthia Course	22–24, 15–21	Bronze
2007	Algiers, Algeria	Susan Ideh	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	12–21, 21–9, 20–22	Silver
2003	Abuja, Nigeria	Susan Ideh	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts		Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Maputo, Mozambique	Ibrahim Adamu	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	10–21, 11–21	Bronze
2007	Algiers, Algeria		Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	14–21, 17–21	Silver
2003	Abuja, Nigeria				Bronze

African Championships[]

Women's singles

Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
Rose Hill, Mauritius	Kerry-Lee Harrington	21–16, 21–16	Gold
Casablanca, Morocco	Juliette Ah-Wan	3–7, 4–7, 3–7	Silver
Bauchi, Nigeria	Chantal Botts	11–5, 12–13, 5–11	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Susan Ideh	Annari Viljoen Michelle Edwards	16–21, 19–21	Silver
	Nairobi, Kenya		Stacey Doubell Kerry-Lee Harrington	21–16, 21–15	Gold
	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Karen Foo Kune	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	19–21, 12–21	Silver
	Rose Hill, Mauritius		Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts		Silver
	Casablanca, Morocco		Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts		Silver
	Bauchi, Nigeria			13–15, 15–6, 15–4	Gold

Mixed Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Marrakesh, Morocco	Ibrahim Adamu	Dorian James Michelle Edwards	15–21, 16–21	Bronze
	Nairobi, Kenya	Ola Fagbemi	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	18–21, 22–20, 21–16	Gold
	Rose Hill, Mauritius		Stephan Beeharry Shama Aboobakar	15–9, 11–15, 15–9	Gold
	Bauchi, Nigeria	Ocholi Edicha	Denis Constantin	14–17, 17–15, 7–15	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Mauritius International	Juliette Ah-Wan	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2008			17–21, 21–9, 6–21	Runner-up
2008	Mauritius International	Yoana Martínez	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2006		Agnese Allegrini		Runner-up
2005	South Africa International	Amrita Sawaram	11–3, 11–2	Winner
2002			13–11, 11–7	Winner
2002	Kenya International	Karen Foo Kune	7–0, 7–5, 7–4	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Mauritius International	Karen Foo Kune	Chantal Botts Kerry-Lee Harrington		Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Mauritius International	Ola Fagbemi	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2008				21–13, 21–13	Winner
2008	Kenya International			21–8, 21–17	Winner
2006	Mauritius International		Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan		Winner
2005	South Africa International		Dorian James Michelle Edwards	15–13, 12–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2002	Kenya International	Ola Fagbemi	Stephan Beeharry Shama Aboobakar	7–2, 1–7, 2–7, 4–7	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References[]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grace Daniel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ "Nigeria overwhelms S. Africa in All-Africa Games badminton". Xinhua News Agency. People's Daily. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ "Women's Singles Round of 64". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ "Britain's Hallam advances in Olympic badminton". Team USA. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

External links[]

Grace Daniel at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Grace Daniel at BWFbadminton.com
Grace Daniel at the International Olympic Committee
Grace Daniel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Grace Daniel at the Commonwealth Games Federation
NBC Olympics profile

[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grace Daniel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

[2] "Nigeria overwhelms S. Africa in All-Africa Games badminton". Xinhua News Agency. People's Daily. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

[3] "Women's Singles Round of 64". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

[4] "Britain's Hallam advances in Olympic badminton". Team USA. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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