Isau Ogunkunle Explained
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Isau Ogunkunle |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Birth Date: | 1986 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Ogun State, Nigeria |
Country: | Nigeria |
Sport: | Table Tennis |
Isau Ogunkunle (born 10 February 1986) is a class four Nigerian table tennis player.[1]
He competed for Nigeria at local and international table tennis competitions. Ogunkunle participated in the male para table tennis competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games representing Nigeria.[2] [3]
Achievements
Ogunkunle took part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games Table Tennis Mens single classes C3-5, where he beat Raj Aravindan Alagar 3–0 to win bronze medal.[4] [5]
Ogunkunle also competed in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in Tokyo representing Nigeria.[6]
Ogunkunle and his counterpart Ahmed Koleosho were defeated by the French duo of Florian Merrien and Nicolas Savant in their quarter finals of the men's team class 4-5 event of the table tennis competition.[7] [8]
One of his major achievements was defeating African champion, Egypts Mohamed Sameh Eid in the first round at the 2019 Africa PTT Championships in Alexandria, Egypt.[9] [10]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Isau Ogunkunle . 7 April 2023 . Birmingham2022.com . Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited.
- Web site: Odeyemi . Joshua . 8 August 2022 . FULL LIST: Nigeria's medal winners, events at 2022 Commonwealth Games . 7 April 2023 . Daily Trust . en-GB.
- Web site: Moses . Peter . 26 March 2022 . Isau Ogunkunle: Why I am considering dumping Ogun State . 7 April 2023 . Daily Trust . en-GB.
- Web site: Commonwealth Games Day 6 Round-Up: Team Nigeria’s medal rush halted . 7 April 2023 . www.premiumtimesng.com.
- Web site: 6 August 2022 . Paralympic champion Yang among first Para table tennis winners in Birmingham . 7 April 2023 . www.insidethegames.biz.
- Web site: Onyekwelu . Stephen . 26 August 2021 . Tokyo Paralympics: Nigeria records first win in table tennis . 7 April 2023 . Businessday NG . en-US.
- Web site: Isau Ogunkunle - Table Tennis | Paralympic Athlete Profile . 2023-04-07 . International Paralympic Committee . en.
- Web site: 31 August 2021 . Tokyo Paralympics: Nigeria lose to France in table tennis . 7 April 2023 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
- Web site: Oyero . Kingsley . 1 July 2019 . Para Table Tennis Championship: Unseeded Nigerian Isau Ogunkunle Stuns Africa's Number 1 . 7 April 2023 . Latest Sports News In Nigeria . en-US.
- Web site: 10 August 2020 . Isau Ogunkunle in Tokyo dreamland . 7 April 2023 . International Table Tennis Federation . en-GB.