AGUNBIADE Tajudeen

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Singles - Class 9	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS
1	Team - Class 9	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS
9	Team - Class 9-10	2008	Beijing, CHN
21	Singles - Classes 9-10	2008	Beijing, CHN

Lana (Ozone Motors Table Tennis Club Facebook page, 10 Oct 2020)

Reading. (Ozone Motors Table Tennis Club Facebook page, 10 Oct 2020)

Athlete

English

Delta State Table Tennis Club [Nigeria]

Sunday Odebode [national]

Right (Ozone Motors Table Tennis Club Facebook page, 10 Oct 2020)

1999 for Nigeria (ittf.com, 07 Sep 2020)

He took up the sport in Lagos, Nigeria. (ipttc.org, 17 Jul 2008)

"I used to hear about [Nigerian table tennis player] Atanda Musa in Lagos and I knew he was very popular across Nigeria just by playing table tennis and this was when my interest in the sport started. I started learning by just playing on our dining table with some of my friends and this took me to my neighbourhood where I continued playing with my friends. I started competing for Nigeria in 1999 when I represented the country in an African championship and since then, table tennis has been my life and everything." (ittf.com, 07 Sep 2020)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ittf.com, 07 Sep 2020)

"I hardly train with my colleagues [Para table tennis players] but train with able [bodied] athletes because I want to raise my standard and to have a strong mentality. This has really helped me to improve my game and I hope this will be helpful for me again in Tokyo [at the 2020 Paralympic Games]." (ittf.com, 07 Sep 2020)

Winning two gold medals at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. "At Sydney I did not expect that I could win a medal. When we started I just wanted to represent my country very well. It was a sweet experience for me and I am hoping that I can repeat such a feat again in Tokyo." (ittf.com, 07 Sep 2020)

Swedish table tennis player Jan-Ove Waldner. (Ozone Motors Table Tennis Club Facebook page, 10 Oct 2020)

"I can categorically say that table tennis has opened a lot of opportunities for me in life. It has exposed me to the world and people don't look down on me again but they now see me as a champion and someone who is relevant. Generally, sport has changed my status in life and I now see that I have opportunities like every other person in life." (ittf.com, 07 Sep 2020)