Nigeria para-badminton athletes has won a total of 12 medals – seven gold and five silver at the 1st African Para-Badminton Championships which was held in Kampala, Uganda between April 30 and May 4.
Bello Oyebanji clinched three gold medals in three events while Eze Chukwuebuka won two gold medals in the championships.
Also, Dixon Dada increased the country’s gold medals to seven after winning two gold medals while Umar Baba and Chinyere Okoro won two silver each. Ijeoma Chukwuemeka also added two silver to the country medal haul.
According to Samuel Ekeoma, National Coordinator of Nigeria Para-Badminton:
“This is a very good outing and I’m proud of what the athletes have been able to achieve. I hope the government and corporate bodies will reward the athletes for the fantastic performance in Uganda.”
Nigeria had earlier won 7 medals (one gold, three silver and three bronze) in the 2nd Uganda Para-badminton International Championships held from April 25 to April 29.
Nigeria won a total of 19 medals in the two competitions sanctioned by the Badminton world body.
