Faith Obazuaye

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Faith Obazuaye
Personal information
Birth nameFaith Obazuaye
Nickname
Nationality Nigerian
Born (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989 (age 35)
Benin City Edo State, Nigeria
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Weight59 kg (130 lb) [1]
Sport
CountryNigeria. [2]
SportTable Tennis
Coached bySunday Odebode
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking5
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria [3]
World Para Table Tennis Championships
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Singles TT6–10
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Singles C6-10

Faith Obazuaye (born 4 March 1989) is a Nigerian table tennis player. [1] She competed for Nigeria at local and international table tennis competitions. Obazuaye participated in the female para table tennis competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games representing Nigeria. [4] [5]

Contents

Table tennis

Obazuaye is a Nigerian class 10 table tennis player, she took part in the Women's Class 10 at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Para Table Tennis Championships in Gold Coast, Australia where she won silver medal. [6] [7] [8] Obazuaye is the only Nigerian female to qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after her results at the 2019 ITTF African Para Championships. [9] [10] [11]

Personal

Faith was born as Faith Oba-zuaye on 4 March 1989 in Benin City the capital of Edo State, Nigeria. [1] [12]

Achievements

Result at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

Semifinals Gold medal match
              
Flag of Australia.svg  Melissa Tapper  (AUS)6 111111
Flag of Australia.svg  Andrea McDonnell  (AUS)113 4 1
Flag of Australia.svg  Melissa Tapper  (AUS)7 111111
Flag of Nigeria.svg Faith Obazuaye (NGR)112 6 3
Flag of England.svg  Felicity Pickard  (ENG)6 7 8
Flag of Nigeria.svg Faith Obazuaye (NGR)111111Bronze medal match
Flag of Australia.svg  Andrea McDonnell  (AUS)111111
Flag of England.svg  Felicity Pickard  (ENG)2 6 3

[13] [14]

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