Tajudeen Agunbiade

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Tajudeen Agunbiade
Personal information
Born (1975-05-25) 25 May 1975 (age 48)
Sport
CountryNigeria
Sport Para table tennis
Medal record
Men's para table tennis (class 9)
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Singles C9
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 SydneyTeam C9
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team C9

Tajudeen Agunbiade (born 25 May 1975) is a Nigerian para table tennis player of class 9 and Paralympian. [1]

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Career

He represented Nigeria at the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Sydney, Australia and he competed in table tennis. He won the gold medal at the Men's singles 9 event. [2] [3] [4] He also won the gold medal at the team event together with Tunde Adisa and Femi Alabi. [2] [4] [5]

He also competed at the Men's individual – Class 9–10 and the Men's team – Class 9–10 events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics but did not win a medal.

In July 2019, he won gold at the 2019 ITTF African Para Table Tennis Championships which meant that he qualified to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. [2] [6] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's team C9-10 event. [7]

Achievements

YearCompetitionLocationPositionEvent
2000 Summer Paralympics Sydney, Australia1stSingles C9 [3]
1stTeam C9 [5]
2021 Summer Paralympics Tokyo, Japan3rdTeam C9-10

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References

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