Zainab Damilola Alabi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 16 October 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's singles & doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 246 (WS 22 October 2019) 404 (XD 10 September 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Zainab Damilola Alabi (born 16 October 2002) is Nigerian badminton player. [2] She participated in major badminton events at both local and international level. As a junior player, she won three bronze medals at the 2018 African Youth Games held in Algiers, Algeria. [3] Alabi then won the women's singles bronze medal at the 2019 African Championships, and also the mixed team gold medal at the 2019 Rabat African Games. [1]
Women's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria | Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan | 20–22, 19–21 | Bronze |
Girls' singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Salle Protection-Civile de Dar El-Beïda, Algiers, Algeria | Halla Bouksani | 18–21, 13–12 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Salle Protection-Civile de Dar El-Beïda, Algiers, Algeria | Daniel Christopher Egbonyi | Ahmad Balarabe Umar Sofiat Arinola Obanishola | 18–21, 18–21 | Bronze |
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