Gifty Mensah

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Gifty Mensah
Personal information
CountryFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Born (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 23)
Jamestown, Accra, Ghana
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachDavis Efraim
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking435 (WS 28 April 2016)
471 (WD 13 September 2012)
418 (XD 22 September 2016)
BWF profile

Gifty Mensah (born 7 October 1998) is a Ghanaian badminton player who joined the national team in 2010. [1] In 2011, she plays for Accra, compete at the Ghana Independence Day Open Championship. She won a gold in the women's doubles and a silver in the singles. [2] At the same year, she was selected to represent her country to compete at the All-Africa Games. [3] Teamed-up with Daniel Sam, they were the finalist at the 2015 Nigeria International tournament. [4] In 2016, she was the runner-up at the Rose Hill International tournament in the mixed doubles event with Emmanuel Donkor, after battling with the Mauritanian Edoo and Louison. [5] She also took the third place in the women's doubles event with Stella Amassah. [6] In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. [7]

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Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series

Mixed Doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Rose Hill International Flag of Ghana.svg Emmanuel Yaw Donkor Flag of Mauritius.svg Sahir Edoo
Flag of Mauritius.svg Yeldy Louison
18–21, 29–27, 24–26Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Nigeria International Flag of Ghana.svg Daniel Sam Flag of Nigeria.svg Olorunfemi Elewa
Flag of Nigeria.svg Susan Ideh
19–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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References

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