Faith Obazuaye (born 4 March 1989) is a Nigerian table tennis player.[1] She competed for Nigeria at local and international table tennis competitions. Obazuaye participated in the female para table tennis competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games representing Nigeria.[4][5]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Faith Obazuaye |
| Nickname |
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| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Born | 4 March 1989 Benin City Edo State, Nigeria |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Nigeria.[2] |
| Sport | Table Tennis |
| Coached by | Sunday Odebode |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | 5 |
Medal record | |
Table tennis
editObazuaye is a Nigerian class 10 table tennis player, she took part in the Women's Class 10 at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Para Table Tennis Championships in Gold Coast, Australia where she won silver medal.[6][7][8] Obazuaye is the only Nigerian female to qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after her results at the 2019 ITTF African Para Championships.[9][10][11]
Personal
editFaith was born as Faith Oba-zuaye on 4 March 1989 in Benin City the capital of Edo State, Nigeria.[1][12]
Achievements
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Result at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
edit| Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||||||
 Melissa Tapper (AUS)
| 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Andrea McDonnell (AUS)
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Melissa Tapper (AUS)
| 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
 Faith Obazuaye (NGR)
| 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Felicity Pickard (ENG)
| 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Faith Obazuaye (NGR)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||||
| Andrea McDonnell (AUS)
| 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Felicity Pickard (ENG)
| 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Faith Obazuaye". ACL Sports. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Team Nigeria Soars at World Para Table Tennis Championships". Sun News Online. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "World Para Table Tennis Championships Team Nigeria Clinches Two Silver and Bronze". Voice of Nigeria. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Table Tennis Profile Faith Obazuaye". Gold Coast 2018 – Commonwealth Games. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "NTF Hails 2 World Para-Taekwondo Athletes". PM News Nigeria. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Obazuaye Wins Silver As Quadri Advances Two Singles Final". Making of Champions. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Advance Australia Fair Salute Felicity Pickard". ITTF. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "World Para Table Tennis Championships Team Nigeria Clinches Two Silver and Bronze". The Eargle Online. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Paralympic Games bound, Mohamed Sameh Eid Salah for fifth time". African Para Championships 2019 – ITTF. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Team Nigeria Soars Para Table Tennis Championships". Today Nigeria. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Para Table Tennis Players Depart For China". Gold Coast 2018 – Commonwealth Games. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games". BBC. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Official Ticketing Guide" (PDF). www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Venues". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.