Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori

Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
Personal information
Country	Nigeria
Born	(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 27) Lagos, Nigeria [1]
Residence	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Weight	65 kg (143 lb) [2]
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	86 (MS, 5 September 2023) 48 (MD with Godwin Olofua, 19 October 2021)
Current ranking	109 (MS, 18 February 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing   Nigeria African Games 2019 Rabat Men's singles 2019 Rabat Mixed team 2023 Accra Men's singles 2019 Rabat Men's doubles 2023 Accra Men's doubles African Championships 2019 Port Harcourt Men's singles 2022 Kampala Men's singles 2023 Benoni Men's singles 2024 Cairo Men's singles 2025 Douala Men's singles 2020 Cairo Men's singles 2019 Port Harcourt Men's doubles 2020 Cairo Men's doubles Africa Mixed Team Championships 2019 Port Harcourt Mixed team Africa Men's Team Championships 2018 Algiers Men's team 2024 Cairo Men's team
BWF profile

Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (born 1 June 1997) is a Nigerian badminton player. ^[3] He started playing badminton together with his brother in 2005, and later he was selected to join Nigeria senior national team in 2017. ^[4] He was fifth-time gold medalists in the men's singles at the African Championships, ^{[5] [6]} as well two-time gold medalists in the African Games. ^{[5] [7] [8]} He competed at the 2020 Tokyo, ^[9] and 2024 Paris Olympics, where he was assigned as a country team captain and also flag bearer during the Paris Olympics parade of nations. ^{[10] [11]}

Achievements

African Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Julien Paul	21–16, 21–17	Gold	[7]
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Godwin Olofua	21–23, 21–17, 21–15	Gold	[8]

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Godwin Olofua	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	9–21, 18–21	Silver	[7]
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Godwin Olofua	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	6–21, 15–21	Silver	[8]

African Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Godwin Olofua	21–17, 16–21, 21–17	Gold	[12]
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Julien Paul	21–16, 16–21, 21–23	Silver
2022	Lugogo Arena, Kampala, Uganda	Brian Kasirye	21–14, 23–21	Gold
2023	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Julien Paul	18–21, 21–13, 21–18	Gold
2024	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt	Julien Paul	23–21, 11–21, 21–16	Gold
2025	Gymnase de Japoma, Douala, Cameroon	Adham Hatem Elgamal	21–7, 23–21	Gold	[5] [6]

Men's doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 9 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Côte d'Ivoire International	Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2018	Zambia International	Ade Resky Dwicahyo	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2020	Kenya International	Chirag Sen	18–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2022	Zambia International	Dmitriy Panarin	9–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Zambia International	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik Domou Amro	21–19, 23–21	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Yonex All England Draw Announced!". All England Badminton. 24 February 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
2. "Athlete Profile:Opeyori Anuoluwapo Juwon". Rabat 2019. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
3. "Players: Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 14 June 2020.
4. Ngobua, David (9 May 2020). "Anuoluwa Opeyori: I want to qualify for Tokyo Olympics to inspire upcoming badminton players". Daily Trust. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
5. "2025 All-Africa Senior Badminton Championship: Opeyori clinches 7th African title". Sports Unlimited. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
6. Attallah, Omar (17 February 2025). "All Africa Championships: Fourth Straight Crown for Opeyori". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
7. "African Games 2019: Anuoluwapo Opeyori wins gold as team Nigeria emerge overall champions". Badminton Nigeria. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
8. "African Games 2023: Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori accedes to the throne once again since previous edition in Morocco". Badminton Confederation Africa. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
9. "Opeyori Anuoluwapo Juwon". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
10. "Amusan named Nigeria's flag bearer for Paris 2024". The Nation. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
11. Pick, Oscar (26 July 2024). "Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 opening ceremony as Tom Daley and LeBron James take stage". The Independent . Retrieved 26 July 2024.
12. Etchells, Daniel (28 April 2019). "Nigeria's Opeyori and Adesokan claim singles titles at All-African Badminton Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

External links

Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Seun Adigun	Flag bearer for   Nigeria Paris 2024 with Tobi Amusan	Succeeded by Incumbent