Olufunke Oshonaike
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| Nationality |  Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1975 Lagos, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table Tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olufunke Oshonaike (born 28 October 1975) is a Nigerian table tennis player. She competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Oshonaike started her playing career on a street called Akeju Street in Shomolu, Lagos, in the early 1980s while very young.
She was a spectacle each time she played because she was very small and used to amaze people with her skill at that early age.
She attended Community Primary School now known as Ola-Olu Primary School, Agunbiade, Shomolu, Lagos. While in primary 4, she won a competition for the school and was honoured by the Headmaster of the school, Mr G.O. Taiwo, on the assembly ground in front of her school mates.
After her primary education, she proceeded to , Igbobi-Yaba, she left the school when she was in SSS 1 to proceed with her education and professional career.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Oshonaike competed in the women's single division. In the preliminary round, she defeated Mariana Sahakian of Lebanon. In round 1, she was defeated by Adriana Diaz of Puerto Rico.[3] She was the flagbearer for Nigeria during the Parade of Nations.[4]
She competed in the women's singles at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Olufunke Oshonaike". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 Women's Table Tennis Singles". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Table Tennis OSHONAIKE Olufunke - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
External links[]
- Olufunke Oshonaike at ITTF
- Olufunke Oshonaike at Olympics.com
- Olufunke Oshonaike at Olympedia
- Olufunke Oshonaike at the Commonwealth Games Federation
- Olufunke Oshonaike at the Commonwealth Games Federation
- Olufunke Oshonaike at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
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