Tajudeen Agunbiade

Tajudeen Agunbiade is a Nigerian para table tennis player of class 9 and Paralympian.

Tajudeen Agunbiade
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

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.[1][2][3] He also won the gold medal at the team event together with Tunde Adisa and Femi Alabi.[1][3][4]

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.[1][5] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's team C9-10 event.[6]

Achievements
YearCompetitionLocationPositionEvent
2000 Summer Paralympics Sydney, Australia 1st Singles C9[2]
1st Team C9[4]
2021 Summer Paralympics Tokyo, Japan 3rd Team C9-10

References
  1. "Tajudeen Agunbiade". ITTF Para Table Tennis. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  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.
  3. "Nigeria at the Rio 2016 Paralympics". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Table Tennis Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.


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