Esther Oribamise

Esther Tosin Oribamise (born 27 November 2001) is a Nigerian table tennis and para tennis player.[1]

Esther Oribamise
Personal information
Full nameEsther Tosin Oribamise
NationalityNigerian
Born (2001-11-27) 27 November 2001
Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
Sport
CountryNigeria
SportTable Tennis

She competed for Nigeria at local and international table tennis competitions.[2]

Achievements

Oribamise participated in the female para table tennis competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games representing Nigeria.[3]

She also qualified to compete in the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games qualifier in Tunisia by beating Alhodaby Marwa of Egypt to secure the top spot in the competition.[4]

She was part of the Nigerian team alongside Ajoke Ojomu and Alimot Ayinla to secure three bronze medals at the 2015 Egypt Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Open in Cairo.[5]

In 2018, she moved from the rank of 728 to 486 spot in the world according to the International Table Tennis Federation.[6]

She also represented Nigeria at the Africa Junior Championships in Algeria in 2016.[7]

References
  1. "Esther Oribamise". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. "2017 SU: Team Nigeria led by Tosin Oribamise targets Medals in Taipei". fisu.net. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. IV, Editorial (28 July 2022). "2022CWG: Meet 94 athletes representing Nigeria at 2022 Commonwealth Games *Their sports". Blueprint Newspapers. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. "Third Youth Olympic Games qualifiers to begin April 16". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. "Table Tennis: Nigeria finishes second in Egypt tournament". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. Adio, Segun (3 January 2018). "ITTF ranking: Tosin Oribamise moves up". The Sun Nigeria. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. "Oribamise: Ex-African champion who trains in deplorable conditions". Punch Newspapers. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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