Alabi Olabiyi Olufemi

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Femi Alabi
Personal information
Native nameAlabi Olabiyi Olufemi
Born (1973-01-06) 6 January 1973 (age 51)
Sport
CountryNigeria
Sport Para table tennis
Medal record
Men's para table tennis (class 9)
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team C9
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2000 SydneySingles C9
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team C9

Alabi Olabiyi Olufemi (born 6 January 1973), [1] also known as Femi Alabi, is a Nigerian para table tennis player and Paralympian. [2]

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Career

He represented Nigeria at the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Sydney, Australia and he competed in table tennis. He won the bronze medal at the Men's singles 9 event. [2] [3] [4]

He also won the gold medal at the team event together with Tajudeen Agunbiade and Tunde Adisa. [2] [4] [5]

In July 2019, he qualified to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the individual class 10 event at the 2019 ITTF African Para Table Tennis Championships. [2] [6] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's team C9-10 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [1]

Achievements

YearCompetitionLocationPositionEvent
2000 Summer Paralympics Sydney, Australia3rdSingles C9 [3]
1stTeam C9 [5]
2021 Summer Paralympics Tokyo, Japan3rdTeam C9-10

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