Olufunke Oshonaike

Olufunke Oshonaike

Personal information
Nationality	Nigeria
Born	28 October 1975 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

Olufunke Oshonaike (born 28 October 1975) is a Nigerian table tennis player. She competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Oshonaike started her playing career on a street called Akeju Street in Shomolu, Lagos, in the early 1980s while very young.

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. While in primary 4, she won a competition for the school and was honoured by the Headmaster of the school, Mr G.O. Taiwo, on the assembly ground in front of her school mates.

After her primary education, she proceeded to Igbobi Girls High School, Igbobi-Yaba, she left the school when she was in SSS 1 to proceed with her education and professional career.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, 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]

References

1. "Olufunke Oshonaike". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-27.
2. "London 2012 Women's Table Tennis Singles". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
3. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
4. "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.