Godwin Olofua

Godwin Olofua
Godwin Olofua
Personal information
Birth name	Godwin Richard Olofua[1]
Country	Nigeria
Born	18 April 1999
Residence	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)[2]
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	139 (MS 26 November 2019); 49 (MD 23 March 2021)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Nigeria
African Games
African Championships
Africa Team Championships
	BWF profile

Godwin Richard Olofua (born 18 April 1999) is a Nigerian badminton player who participated at local and international badminton competitions representing Nigeria and has won several trophies.[3] Olofua won gold medal in the mixed team event with silver and bronze medals in singles and doubles events at the 2019 African Championships in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[4] He also won gold during the 2019 African Games in the mixed team, a silver in the men's doubles and a bronze in the men's singles.[5] Olofua won the men's doubles title at the 2018 Côte d'Ivoire, 2019 Benin and Cameroon International tournaments partnered with Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

Achievements

African Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Julien Paul	17–21, 11–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	9–21, 18–21	Silver

African Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	17–21, 21–16, 17–21	Silver
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Julien Paul	14–21, 13–21	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	21–18, 16–21, 16–21	Bronze
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	14–21, 25–27	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Lagos International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Côte d'Ivoire International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Mathias Pedersen Jonathan Persson	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2018	Zambia International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Ade Resky Dwicahyo Azmy Qowimuramadhoni	19–21, 21–18, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Siddharth Jakhar Ahmed Salah	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2019	Benin International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Aravind Kongara Venkatesh Prasad	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2019	Côte d'Ivoire International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	Ghana International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Arjun M. R. Ramchandran Shlok	11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Cameroon International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah	21–12, 11–21, 21–11	Winner
2020	Uganda International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Tarun Kona Shivam Sharma	15–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2020	Kenya International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan Santosh Gajendran	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Benin International	Ogunsanwo David Oluwasegun	Joseph Emmanuel Emmy Victor Ikechukwu	22–20, 21–10	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

"Badminton: Nigeria miss doubles event at African Championship". ACLSports. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
"Athlete Profile: Olofua Godwin". Rabat 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
"Players: Godwin Olofua". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
Daniel Etchells, ed. (28 April 2019). "Nigeria's Opeyori and Adesokan claim singles titles at All-African Badminton Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
"African Games 2019: Anuoluwapo Opeyori wins gold as team Nigeria emerge overall champions". Badminton Nigeria. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
"Olofua Godwin". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

External links

Godwin Olofua at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] "Badminton: Nigeria miss doubles event at African Championship". ACLSports. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[ra-2] "Athlete Profile: Olofua Godwin". Rabat 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[3] "Players: Godwin Olofua". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[4] Daniel Etchells, ed. (28 April 2019). "Nigeria's Opeyori and Adesokan claim singles titles at All-African Badminton Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[5] "African Games 2019: Anuoluwapo Opeyori wins gold as team Nigeria emerge overall champions". Badminton Nigeria. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[6] "Olofua Godwin". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.