OBAZUAYE Faith

Date of Birth: 4 Mar 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 10

Place of birth: BENIN CITY

Birth Country:

Nigeria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Singles - Class 10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Women's Singles - Class 10 Group C #2 TPE TIAN SWTIAN Shiau Wen Sport Class: 10 3 NGR OBAZUAYE FOBAZUAYE Faith Sport Class: 10 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Women's Singles - Class 10 Group C #8 NGR OBAZUAYE FOBAZUAYE Faith Sport Class: 10 0 CHN ZHAO XZHAO Xiaojing Sport Class: 10 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Singles - Class 10 Group C #11 AUS YANG QYANG Qian Sport Class: 10 3 NGR OBAZUAYE FOBAZUAYE Faith Sport Class: 10 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Commonwealth Games
2	Women's Singles Class 6-10	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS

Sunday Odebode [national]

Other sports:

She has competed in Para taekwondo at international level. (Latifat Adebayo Ohio Twitter profile, 21 Mar 2021; paralympic.org, 25 Oct 2018; thenewsnigeria.com.ng, 03 May 2017)

2011 for Nigeria, African Championships in Ismailia, Egypt (ittf.com, 29 Jul 2020)

She took up the sport in 2004. (ittf.com, 29 Jul 2020)

"I was discouraged [after her amputation], I lost all hope but in 2004 when I was 16, a coach Sunday Odebode invited me to play table tennis and this was how my interest in the sport started." (ittf.com, 29 Jul 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ittf.com, 29 Jul 2020)

Winning a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. "Not many knew me before the [2018] Commonwealth Games but after the Games, I noticed that people now regard me and I am better for it. My life has changed for better and people now see ability in my disability. Through table tennis generally, I now see myself as an important person in the society." (ittf.com, 29 Jul 2020)

Philosophy:

"I must admit that playing table tennis has changed my life for better because it has exposed me to the world and boosted my confidence in life." (ittf.com, 29 Jul 2020)

General Interest

Classification
TT10 (ipttc.org, 01 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (ittf.com, 29 Jul 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (ittf.com, 29 Jul 2020)

Impairment Details
In 1995 she was involved in an accident that resulted in the amputation of her left arm. "I was full of life as a seven-year-old looking forward to a bright future. In 1995, I was carrying my sister's child when I was hit on my left arm with a piece of wood by a young boy who I was with. I thought it was just a wound until the arm degenerated to the extent that they had to amputate it." (ittf.com, 29 Jul 2020)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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