Tajudeen Agunbiade

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

Tajudeen Agunbiade

Sport
Country	Nigeria
Sport	Para table tennis
Medal record Men's para table tennis (class 9) Representing  Nigeria Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Singles C9 2000 Sydney Team 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]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Location	Position	Event
2000	2000 Summer Paralympics	Sydney, Australia	1st	Singles C9[2]
			1st	Team C9[4]

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.

External links

• Tajudeen Agunbiade at the International Paralympic Committee
• Tajudeen Agunbiade, ITTF Para Table Tennis