Tajudeen Agunbiade

Tajudeen Agunbiade
Personal information
Born (1975-05-25) 25 May 1975
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportPara table tennis
Medal record
Men's para table tennis (class 9)
Representing  Nigeria
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneySingles C9
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyTeam C9
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam C9

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

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, Australia 1st Singles C9[3]
1st Team C9[5]
2021 Summer Paralympics Tokyo, Japan 3rd Team C9-10

References

  1. ↑ "AGUNBIADE Tajudeen". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Date of Birth: 25 May 1975 / Sport Class: 9
  2. 1 2 3 "Tajudeen Agunbiade". ITTF Para Table Tennis. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Table Tennis at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games - Men's Singles 9". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Paralympics". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Table Tennis at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games - Men's Teams 9". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Paralympic Games bound, Mohamed Sameh Eid Salah for fifth time". African Para Championships 2019 - ITTF. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Table Tennis Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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