Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	NGR
NPC	Nigeria Paralympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors	28 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Adekunle Adesoji
Officials	14
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 1 Total 9
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Nigeria sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.^[1] The country was represented by 28 athletes competing in four sports: powerlifting, table tennis, wheelchair tennis and track and field.^[2] The Nigerian team included eight powerlifters.^[3]

Medalists[]

The Nigerian Paralympic delegation left the Games having won more medals than their Olympic counterparts.^[4]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi	Athletics	Women's discus throw F57/58
Gold	Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi	Athletics	Women's shot put F57/58
Gold	Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike	Powerlifting	Women's 48 kg
Gold	Ruel Ishaku	Powerlifting	Men's 48 kg
Silver	Adekunle Adesoji	Athletics	Men's 100 m T12
Silver		Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg
Silver	Grace Ebere Anozie	Powerlifting	Women's +82.5 kg
Silver	Amoge Victoria Nneji	Powerlifting	Women's 67.5 kg
Bronze	Patience Aghimile Igbiti	Powerlifting	Women's 60 kg

Athletics[]

Men's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adekunle Adesoji	T12	100m	11.05	2 Q	11.00	3 Q	10.95
		200m	22.35	3 q	22.46	5 B	22.48	5
	T46	100m	DSQ		Did not advance
	T46	100m	11.24	7 q	N/A		11.37	7
Serge Ornem	T46	100m	11.31	9	Did not advance
	T11	100m	11.58	9 Q	11.51	6 B	11.60	6
	T46	100m	DNS		Did not advance
		400m	50.20	7 Q	N/A		DNS

Men's field[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
	F57-58	Discus throw	50.42 SB	945	8
		Javelin throw	45.86	973	5
		Shot put	13.29	888	10

Women's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	T46	200m	27.09	9	Did not advance
	T54	200m	33.00	12	Did not advance

Women's field[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi	F57-58	Discus throw	35.21 PR	1120
		Javelin throw	26.11 SB	885	6
		Shot put	10.96 WR	1128

Powerlifting[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3	Attempt 4	Rank
	-90kg	NMR
	-100kg	230.0	235.0	245.0	248.0
Ruel Ishaku	-48kg	155.0	160.0	167.5	169.0 WR

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3	Rank
	+82.5kg	157.5	165.0 PR	167.5
Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike	-48kg	125.0 WR	130.0 WR	137.5
Patience Aghimile Igbiti	-60kg	110.0	115.0	115.0
Amoge Victoria Nneji	-67.5kg	125.0	132.5	142.5
	-82.5kg	125.0	125.0	127.5	4

Table tennis[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tajudeen Agunbiade	Men's singles C9-10	Berecki (HUN) W 3-1	Karabec (CZE) L 1-3	2	Did not advance
	Men's singles C3	(ISR) L 1-3	Kramminger (AUT) L 1-3	3	Did not advance
Alabi Olabiyi Olufemi	Men's singles C9-10	(UKR) W 3-0	Lu X (CHN) W 3-0	1 Q	Last (NED) L 0-3	Did not advance
	Men's singles C4-5	Durand (FRA) L 0–3	Bai (CHN) L 0–3	3	Did not advance
	Men's team C4-5	N/A			China (CHN) L 1-3	Did not advance
Tajudeen Agunbiade Alabi Olabiyi Olufemi	Men's team C9-10	N/A			Netherlands (NED) L 1-3	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Women's singles C4	Moon S H (KOR) L 0–3	Zorzetto (ITA) L 1–3	Robertson (GBR) W 3–1	3	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's singles	Olsson (SWE) L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance

See also[]

• Nigeria at the Paralympics
• Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References[]