Gideon Babalola

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Gideon Babalola
Personal information
CountryNigeria
Born (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 31)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking270 (MS 13 August 2019)
178 (MD 20 August 2019)
401 (XD 17 July 2014)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Rabat Mixed team
African Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Benoni Mixed team
BWF profile

Gideon Babalola (born 11 February 1994) is a Nigerian badminton player. [1] He was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games. [2]

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In 2016, he won the mixed doubles title at the Ivory Coast International, partnered with Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh. [3] In 2017, he and Ukeh reached the final round at the Ivory Coast International, but finished runners-up. [4]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013 Kenya International Flag of India.svg Subhankar Dey 19–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Ivory Coast International Flag of Uganda.svg Edwin Ekiring 13–21, 21–12, 10–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2021 Benin International Flag of Nigeria.svg Habeeb Temitope Bello Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel Steyn
Flag of South Africa.svg Bongani von Bodenstein 		21–18, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Ivory Coast International Flag of Nigeria.svg Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh Flag of Benin.svg Tobiloba Oyewole
Flag of Benin.svg Xena Arisa 		21–7, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017Ivory Coast International Flag of Nigeria.svg Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh Flag of Nigeria.svg Enejoh Abah
Flag of Nigeria.svg Peace Orji 		WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Players: Gideon Babalola". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Athlete Profile: Babalola Gideon". Rabat 2019. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Internationaux de Côte d'Ivoire – Résultats". Association Francophone de Badminton (in French). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Internationaux Séniors de Badminton : Le Nigeria rafle 11 médailles !" (in French). Regionale.info. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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