Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
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IPC code | NGR |
NPC | |
in Tokyo, Japan 24 August 2021 – 5 September 2021 | |
Competitors | 22 in 4 sports |
Medals |
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Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Nigeria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August and 5 September 2021. This was their eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1992.[1][2][3]
Medalists[]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Latifat Tijani | Powerlifting | Women's 45 kg | 26 August |
Gold | Bose Omolayo | Powerlifting | Women's 79 kg | 29 August |
Gold | Folashade Oluwafemiayo | Powerlifting | Women's 86 kg | 30 August |
Gold | Flora Ugwunwa | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F54 | 4 September |
Silver | Loveline Obiji | Powerlifting | Women's +86 kg | 30 August |
Bronze | Lucy Ejike | Powerlifting | Women's 61 kg | 28 August |
Bronze | Olaitan Ibrahim | Powerlifting | Women's 67 kg | 28 August |
Bronze | Tajudeen Agunbiade Alabi Olufemi |
Table tennis | 1 September | |
Bronze | Eucharia Iyiazi | Athletics | Women's shot put F57 | 2 September |
Bronze | Lauritta Onye | Athletics | Women's shot put F40 | 4 September |
Competitors[]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:[2]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Powerlifting | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Table tennis | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 10 | 12 | 22 |
Athletics[]
Flora Ugwunwa qualified to compete in the women's javelin throw F54 event. She qualified after winning the silver medal in the women's javelin throw F54 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Lauritta Onye qualified to compete in the women's shot put F40 event.[4]
Athlete | Event | Rank | ||
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Men | ||||
Women | ||||
Lauritta Onye | Women's shot put F40 | |||
Flora Ugwunwa | Women's javelin throw F54 | |||
Flora Ugwunwa | Women's Shot Put - F54 |
Powerlifting[]
Source:[5]
Number | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
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Men | ||||
1 | Yakubu Adesokan | Men's 49 kg | 155 | 4 |
2 | Men's 59 kg | 170 | 5 | |
3 | Nnamdi Innocent | Men's 72 kg | NM | - |
Women | ||||
4 | Latifat Tijani | Women's 45 kg | 107 | |
5 | Lucy Ejike | Women's 61 kg | 130 | |
6 | Olaitan Ibrahim | Women's 67 kg | 119 | |
7 | Women's 73 kg | 124 | 6 | |
8 | Bose Omolayo | Women's 79 kg | 141 | |
9 | Folashade Oluwafemiayo | Women's 86 kg | 151 | |
10 | Loveline Obiji | Women's +86 kg | 147 |
Rowing[]
Nigeria qualified one boats in the men's single sculls events for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 FISA African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Men's single sculls |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
Table tennis[]
Nigeria entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Five athletes qualified from 2019 ITTF African Para Championships which was held in Alexandria, Egypt and via World Ranking allocation.[6]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Individual C3 | Brüchle (GER) L 0-3 |
(GER) W 3-1 |
N/A | 2 Q | Zhao Ping (CHN) L 1-3 |
Did not advance | ||||
Individual C4 | Thomas (FRA) L 2-3 |
(EGY) L 1-3 |
N/A | 3 DQ | Did not advance | |||||
Didukh (UKR) L 2-3 |
Shilton (GBR) L 0-3 |
N/A | 3 DQ | Did not advance | ||||||
Tajudeen Agunbiade | (UKR) L 0-3 |
(CHN) W 3-2 |
N/A | 2 Q | Devos (BEL) L 0-3 |
Did not Advance | ||||
Alabi Olabiyi Olufemi | Hao (CHN) L 0-3 |
Coughlan (AUS) L 0-3 |
(MNE) L 0-3 |
4 DQ | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Faith Obazuaye | Individual C10 | Tien (TPE) L 0-3 |
(CHN) L 0-3 |
Yang (AUS) L 0-3 |
4 DQ | Did not advance |
See also[]
- Nigeria at the Paralympics
- Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics
References[]
- ^ "Team Nigeria - Profile | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics" Check
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value (help). .. - ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
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