Godwin Olofua

Godwin Richard Olofua (born 18 April 1999) is a Nigerian badminton player who participated at local and international badminton competitions representing Nigeria and has won several trophies.[3] Olofua won gold medal in the mixed team event with silver and bronze medals in singles and doubles events at the 2019 African Championships in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[4] He also won gold during the 2019 African Games in the mixed team, a silver in the men's doubles and a bronze in the men's singles.[5] Olofua won the men's doubles title at the 2018 Côte d'Ivoire, 2019 Benin and Cameroon International tournaments partnered with Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori.

Godwin Olofua
Personal information
Birth nameGodwin Richard Olofua[1]
CountryNigeria
Born (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight59 kg (130 lb)[2]
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking139 (MS 26 November 2019)
52 (MD 17 March 2020)
Current ranking148 (MS), 52 (MD) (17 March 2020)
BWF profile

Achievements

African Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco Georges Julien Paul 17–21, 11–21 Bronze

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center,
Casablanca, Morocco
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Aatish Lubah
Georges Julien Paul
9–21, 18–21 Silver

African Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2020 Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt Georges Julien Paul 14–21, 13–21 Bronze
2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori 17–21, 21–16, 17–21 Silver

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Cairo Stadium Hall 2,
Cairo, Egypt
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Aatish Lubah
Georges Julien Paul
14–21, 25–27 Bronze
2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Koceila Mammeri
Youcef Sabri Medel
21–18, 16–21, 16–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Kenya International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan
Santosh Gajendran
12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2020 Uganda International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Tarun Kona
Shivam Sharma
15–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2019 Cameroon International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Adham Hatem Elgamal
Ahmed Salah
21–12, 11–21, 21–11 Winner
2019 Ghana International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Arjun M. R.
Ramchandran Shlok
11–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019 Côte d'Ivoire International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Adham Hatem Elgamal
Ahmed Salah
20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2019 Benin International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Aravind Kongara
Venkatesh Prasad
21–19, 21–19 Winner
2019 Uganda International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Siddharth Jakhar
Ahmed Salah
21–18, 21–11 Winner
2018 Zambia International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Ade Resky Dwicahyo
Azmy Qowimuramadhoni
19–21, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up
2018 Côte d'Ivoire International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Mathias Pedersen
Jonathan Persson
21–14, 21–19 Winner
2017 Lagos International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy
13–21, 15–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Badminton: Nigeria miss doubles event at African Championship". wwww.aclsports.com. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Athlete Profile: Olofua Godwin". Rabat 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. "Players: Godwin Olofua". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. Daniel Etchells, ed. (28 April 2019). "Nigeria's Opeyori and Adesokan claim singles titles at All-African Badminton Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  5. "AFRICAN GAMES 2019: ANUOLUWAPO OPEYORI WINS GOLD AS TEAM NIGERIA EMERGE OVERALL CHAMPIONS". badmintonnigeria.org. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

Godwin Olofua at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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