Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Nigeria at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Nigeria at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
	Flag of Nigeria
IPC code	NGR
NPC	Nigeria Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan; 24 August 2021 – 5 September 2021
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; 2024;

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 Victor Farinloye	Table tennis	Men's team – Class 9–10	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
GALADIMA Suwaibidu	Men's 100m - T47
Women
Lauritta Onye	Women's shot put F40
Flora Ugwunwa	Women's javelin throw F54
IYIAZI Eucharia	Women's Shot Put - F57
IYIAZI Eucharia	Women's Discus Throw - F57
NWAOZUZU Grace	Women's Discus Throw - F57
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	Ibrahim Dauda	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	Paulina Okpala	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kingsley Okoroafor Ijomah	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 Isau Ogunkunle via World Ranking allocation.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ahmed Owolabi Koleosho	Individual C3	Brüchle (GER) L 0-3	Petruniv (GER) W 3-1	—	2 Q	Zhao Ping (CHN) L 1-3	Did not advance
Isau Ogunkunle	Individual C4	Thomas (FRA) L 2-3	Sameh Mohamed Saleh (EGY) L 1-3	—	3 DQ	Did not advance
Victor Farinloye	Individual C8	Didukh (UKR) L 2-3	Shilton (GBR) L 0-3	—	3 DQ	Did not advance
Tajudeen Agunbiade	Individual C9	May (UKR) L 0-3	Qing (CHN) W 3-2	—	2 Q	Devos (BEL) L 0-3	did not advance
Alabi Olabiyi Olufemi	Individual C10	Hao (CHN) L 0-3	Coughlan (AUS) L 0-3	Radovic (MNE) L 0-3	4 DQ	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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	Zhao (CHN) L 0-3	Yang (AUS) L 0-3	4 DQ	Did not advance

References

^ "Team Nigeria - Profile | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "NPC Entries - Team Nigeria | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Team Nigeria - Medals by Sport | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Sport & NPC Entries by Event | Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Sport & NPC Entries by Event | Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

[1] "Team Nigeria - Profile | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[auto-2] "NPC Entries - Team Nigeria | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

[3] "Team Nigeria - Medals by Sport | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[4] "Sport & NPC Entries by Event | Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[5] "Sport & NPC Entries by Event | Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[6] "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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