Olufunke Oshonaike

Olufunke Oshonaike, also known as Funke Oshonaike (born 28 April 1974) is a professional Nigeria table tennis player based in Hamburg, Germany. She is the only woman to compete at the Olympics seven times.

Olufunke Oshonaike

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Personal information
Nationality	Nigeria
Born	(1974-04-28) 28 April 1974 (age 50) Lagos, Nigeria
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Table Tennis
Medal record Women's Table Tennis Representing  Nigeria All-Africa Games 2007 Algiers Team 2011 Maputo Singles 2011 Maputo Doubles 2011 Maputo Mixed Doubles 2011 Maputo Team 2015 Brazzaville Team 2015 Brazzaville Mixed Doubles 2007 Algiers Singles 2007 Algiers Doubles 2015 Brazzaville Singles 2015 Brazzaville Doubles

She competed for Nigeria at the 2012, 2016, 2020, Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Oshonaike started her playing career in the early 1980s, when she was very young, on Akeju Street in Shomolu, Lagos.

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. 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.^[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] for the 7th time having previously qualified and participated in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016

References

1. "Olufunke Oshonaike". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012.
2. "London 2012 Women's Table Tennis Singles". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
3. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
4. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
5. "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.

External links

• 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)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Sinivie Boltic	Flagbearer for  Nigeria Rio de Janeiro 2016	Succeeded by Ngozi Onwumere