Olufunke Oshonaike
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| Nationality |  Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1974 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, also known as Funke Oshonaike (born 28 April 1974) is a Nigerian professional table tennis player based in Hamburg, Germany.
Oshonaike started her playing career in the early 1980s, when she was very young, on Akeju Street in Shomolu, Lagos.
She attended Community Primary School, now known as Ola-Olu Primary School, Agunbiade, Shomolu, Lagos. In primary 4, she won a school competition and was honoured by the Headmaster, Mr G.O. Taiwo, on the assembly ground in front of her schoolmates.
After her primary education, she attended Igbobi Girls High School, Igbobi-Yaba; she left the school after completing SSCE to pursue her education at the University of Lagos, where she bagged a Diploma in Physical Education and thereafter pursued a professional career in Table Tennis abroad.
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.[1] She was the flagbearer for Nigeria during the Parade of Nations.[2]
She competed in the women's singles at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] for the 7th time having previously qualified and participated in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "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. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Olufunke Oshonaike". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012.
External links
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- Olufunke Oshonaike at World Table Tennis
- Olufunke Oshonaike at Olympics.com
- Olufunke Oshonaike at Olympedia
- Olufunke Oshonaike at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Olufunke Oshonaike at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Olufunke Oshonaike at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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