Augustina Ebhomien Sunday

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Augustina Ebhomien Sunday
Personal information
CountryNigeria
Born (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 (age 26)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking388 (WS 7 April 2016)
288 (WD 14 August 2014)
383 (XD 30 August 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville Mixed team
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Port Harcourt Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Port Harcourt Women's doubles
BWF profile

Augustina Ebhomien Sunday (born 23 August 1996) is a Nigerian badminton player. [1] [2] She educated English and Literature at the Benson Idahosa University, and in 2015, she competed at the Summer Universiade In Gwangju, South Korea. [3]

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Career

In 2013, she won the women's singles title at the Nigeria International partnering Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh. [4] Partnered with Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan, they finished runner-up at the 2014 Uganda International. [5]

In 2015, she competed at the African Games and was part of the team that won the bronze medal. [6] In 2019, she helps the Nigeria team won the African Championships, while in the women's doubles, she won the bronze medal. [7] [8]

Achievements

African Championships

Women's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Flag of Nigeria.svg Peace Orji Flag of Nigeria.svg Amin Yop Christopher
Flag of Nigeria.svg Chineye Ibere
16–21, 14–21 Med 3.png Bronze [8]

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2013 Nigeria International Flag of Nigeria.svg Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh Flag of Nigeria.svg Tosin Damilola Atolagbe
Flag of Nigeria.svg Fatima Azeez
21–18, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner [4]
2014 Uganda International Flag of Nigeria.svg Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Flag of Nigeria.svg Tosin Damilola Atolagbe
Flag of Nigeria.svg Fatima Azeez
21–14, 9–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [5]
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  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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  2. "Augustina Ebhomien Sunday Full Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. "Nigerian Augustina Sunday wants to impress at Universiade". FISU . Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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  5. 1 2 Bryson, Michael Mugote (24 February 2014). "Nigerians dominate Uganda International tournament". Kawowo. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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  7. "Badminton Confederation Africa Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Badminton Confederation Africa. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. 1 2 "All Africa Individual Championships 2019 WD". BWF-Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.