Godwin Olofua

Godwin Olofua
Personal information
Born	Godwin Richard Olofua; 18 April 1999 (age 26)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Nigeria
Sport	Badminton
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	139 (MS 26 November 2019); 49 (MD 23 March 2021)
	BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Nigeria
African Games
African Championships
Africa Team Championships

BornGodwin Richard Olofua^[1]
18 April 1999 (age 26)

Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)^[2]

Weight59 kg (130 lb)^[2]

CountryNigeria

Godwin Richard Olofua (born 18 April 1999) is a Nigerian badminton player who participated at local and international badminton competitions representing Nigeria and has won several trophies.^[3] Olofua won gold medal in the mixed team event with silver and bronze medals in singles and doubles events at the 2019 African Championships in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.^[4] He also won gold during the 2019 African Games in the mixed team, a silver in the men's doubles and a bronze in the men's singles.^[5] Olofua won the men's doubles title at the 2018 Côte d'Ivoire, 2019 Benin and Cameroon International tournaments partnered with Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6]

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Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Julien Paul	17–21, 11–21	Bronze
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	23–21, 17–21, 15–21	Silver

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	9–21, 18–21	Silver
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	6–21, 15–21	Silver

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	17–21, 21–16, 17–21	Silver
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Julien Paul	14–21, 13–21	Bronze

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	21–18, 16–21, 16–21	Bronze
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	14–21, 25–27	Bronze
2024	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt	Nusa Momoh	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	12–21, 8–21	Silver

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Lagos International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Côte d'Ivoire International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Mathias Pedersen Jonathan Persson	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2018	Zambia International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Ade Resky Dwicahyo Azmy Qowimuramadhoni	19–21, 21–18, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Siddharth Jakhar Ahmed Salah	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2019	Benin International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Aravind Kongara Venkatesh Prasad	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2019	Côte d'Ivoire International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	Ghana International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Arjun M. R. Ramchandran Shlok	11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Cameroon International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah	21–12, 11–21, 21–11	Winner
2020	Uganda International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Tarun Kona Shivam Sharma	15–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2020	Kenya International	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan Santosh Gajendran	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Benin International	Ogunsanwo David Oluwasegun	Joseph Emmanuel Emmy Victor Ikechukwu	22–20, 21–10	Winner

Godwin Olofua

African Games

African Championships

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

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