Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Nigeria
IPC code	NGR
NPC
in Tokyo, Japan 24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) – 5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors	22 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 4 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 10
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

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
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
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
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
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
		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
		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
		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[]