Nigerian badminton player (born 1997)
Badminton player
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 27) Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 86 (MS, 5 September 2023) 48 (MD with Godwin Olofua, 19 October 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 97 (MS, 12 March 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (born 1 June 1997) is: a Nigerian badminton player. He started playing badminton together with his brother in 2005. And later he was selectedββto join Nigeria senior national team in 2017. Opeyori won the African Championships and African Games in the "singles event in 2019." He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Achievementsβ»
African Gamesβ»
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco | ![]() |
21β16, 21β17 | ![]() |
2023 | Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana | ![]() |
21β23, 21β17, 21β15 | ![]() |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco |
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9β21, 18β21 | ![]() |
2023 | Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana |
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6β21, 15β21 | ![]() |
African Championshipsβ»
Men's singles
Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ![]() |
21β17, 16β21, 21β17 | ![]() |
2020 | Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt | ![]() |
21β16, 16β21, 21β23 | ![]() |
2022 | Lugogo Arena, Kampala, Uganda | ![]() |
21β14, 23β21 | ![]() |
2023 | John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa | ![]() |
18β21, 21β13, 21β18 | ![]() |
2024 | Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt | ![]() |
23β21, 11β21, 21β16 | ![]() |
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2019 | Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
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21β18, 16β21, 16β21 | ![]() |
2020 | Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt |
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14β21, 25β27 | ![]() |
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 9 runners-up)β»
Men's singles
Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | CΓ΄te d'Ivoire International | ![]() |
21β18, 21β16 | ![]() |
2018 | Zambia International | ![]() |
11β21, 20β22 | ![]() |
2020 | Kenya International | ![]() |
18β21, 8β21 | ![]() |
2022 | Zambia International | ![]() |
9β21, 10β21 | ![]() |
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Lagos International | ![]() |
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13β21, 15β21 | ![]() |
2018 | CΓ΄te d'Ivoire International | ![]() |
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21β14, 21β19 | ![]() |
2018 | Zambia International | ![]() |
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19β21, 21β18, 11β21 | ![]() |
2019 | Uganda International | ![]() |
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21β18, 21β11 | ![]() |
2019 | Benin International | ![]() |
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21β19, 21β19 | ![]() |
2019 | CΓ΄te d'Ivoire International | ![]() |
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20β22, 19β21 | ![]() |
2019 | Ghana International | ![]() |
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11β21, 12β21 | ![]() |
2019 | Cameroon International | ![]() |
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21β12, 11β21, 21β11 | ![]() |
2020 | Uganda International | ![]() |
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15β21, 20β22 | ![]() |
2020 | Kenya International | ![]() |
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12β21, 17β21 | ![]() |
Mixed doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Zambia International | ![]() |
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21β19, 23β21 | ![]() |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Yonex All England Draw Announced!". All England Badminton. 24 February 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Athlete Profile:Opeyori Anuoluwapo Juwon". Rabat 2019. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Players: Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Ngobua, David (9 May 2020). "Anuoluwa Opeyori: I wantββto qualify for Tokyo Olympics to inspire upcoming badminton players". Daily Trust. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (28 April 2019). "Nigeria's Opeyori and Adesokan claim singles titles at All-African Badminton Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "African Games 2019: Anuoluwapo Opeyori wins gold as team Nigeria emerge overall champions". Badminton Nigeria. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Opeyori Anuoluwapo Juwon". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic. And Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
External linksβ»
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lagos
- Nigerian male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Nigeria
- Competitors at the 2019 African Games
- Competitors at the 2023 African Games
- African Games gold medalists for Nigeria
- African Games silver medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in badminton
- 21st-century Nigerian people