List of flag bearers for Nigeria at the Olympics

Last updated

Nigeria at the
Olympics
Flag of Nigeria.svg
IOC code NGR
NOC Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
Medals
Gold
3
Silver
10
Bronze
12
Total
25
Summer appearances

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Nigeria at the Olympics. [1]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

#Event yearSeasonFlag bearerSport
9 2016 Summer Olufunke Oshonaike Table tennis
8 2012 Summer Sinivie Boltic Wrestling
7 2008 Summer Bose Kaffo Table Tennis
6 2004 Summer Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Athletics
5 2000 Summer Sunday Bada Athletics
4 1996 Summer Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Athletics
3 1988 Summer Yusuf Alli Athletics
2 1984 Summer Yusuf Alli Athletics
1 1972 Summer Benedict Majekodunmi Athletics

See also

Related Research Articles

Nigeria at the Olympics Sporting event delegation

Nigeria first participated in the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics. The nation participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018, having qualified female athletes in bobsleigh and skeleton.

Doreen Amata is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria who specialises in the high jump event.

Sinivie Boltic is a Nigerian wrestler who competed in the freestyle 96 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the flag bearer of Nigeria during the opening ceremony.

Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sporting event delegation

Nigeria competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 to 15 April 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Nigeria. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.