Grace Gabriel

Grace Gabriel
Personal information
Country	Nigeria
Born	(1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 Jos, Nigeria
Residence	Netherlands
Handedness	Right
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	63 (WS) 23 Sep 2015 97 (WD) 12 Jul 2012
Current ranking	145 (WS) 379 (WD) (8 Dec 2016)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Nigeria All-Africa Games 2015 Brazzaville Women's singles 2011 Maputo Women's singles 2015 Brazzaville Women's doubles 2015 Brazzaville Mixed team African Badminton Championships 2013 Rose Hill Women's singles 2012 Addis Ababa Women's singles 2014 Gaborone Women's singles 2014 Gaborone Mixed team 2013 Rose Hill Mixed team 2011 Marrakesh Mixed team 2011 Marrakesh Women's singles 2011 Marrakesh Mixed doubles Africa Team Championships 2012 Addis Ababa Women's team 2010 Kampala Women's team
BWF profile

Grace Gabriel Ofodile (born 25 June 1988 Jos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian Badminton player. She won the 2012 and 2013 African Badminton Championships in women's singles. She is ranked 82 in the world.^[1]

Career

She placed second in the women's singles at the 2011 Africa Games.^[2] She became the runner-up in the women's singles event at the 2014 African Badminton Championships.^[3] She won second place at the 2015 All Africa Games.^[4]

In September 2013, it was reported that she was one of the 14 players selected for the Road to Rio Program, a program that aimed to help African badminton players to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games.^[5]

She lives in the Netherlands.^[6]

Achievements

All-Africa Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Gymnase Étienne Mongha, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	Kate Foo Kune	13–21, 19–21	Silver
2011	Escola Josina Machel, Maputo, Mozambique	Susan Ideh	16–21, 19–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Gymnase Étienne Mongha, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	Maria Braimoh	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	13–21, 16–21	Bronze

African Championships

Women's Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Lobatse Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana	Kate Foo Kune	14–21, 21–14, 17–21	Silver
2013	National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Kate Foo Kune	25–23, 21–12	Gold
2012	Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Fatima Azeez	21–19, 14–21, 21–16	Gold
2011	Marrakesh, Morocco	Kerry-Lee Harrington	18–21, 15–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Marrakesh, Morocco	Enejoh Abah	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	13–21, 8–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Nigeria International	Kate Foo Kune	14–21, 21–11, 21–12	Winner
2015	Ethiopia International	Cemre Fere	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	Botswana International	Hadia Hosny	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2014	Zambia International	Kate Foo Kune	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Nigeria International	Nicole Schaller	8–11, 3–11, 11–7, 11–10, 6–11	Runner-up
2014	Ethiopia International	Hadia Hosny	11–6, 11–7, 11–9	Winner
2014	Kenya International	Jeanine Cicognini	16–21, 21–13, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Mauritius International	Kate Foo Kune	18–21, 21–16, 22–24	Runner-up
2013	Kenya International	Shamim Bangi	21–8, 15–21, 21–18	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Uganda International	Ogar Siamupangila	Cemre Fere Ebru Yazgan	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Botswana International	Ogar Siamupangila	Elizaberth Chipeleme Ngandwe Miyambo	21–11, 21–17	Winner[7]
2015	Nigeria International	Braimoh Maria	Cemre Fere Ebru Yazgan	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Mauritius International	Ogar Siamupangila	Negin Amiripour Aghaei Hajiagha Soraya	26–28, 14–21	Runner-up
2014	Botswana International	Elme de Villiers	Shamim Bangi Ogar Siamupangila	21–17, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2014	Zambia International	Kate Foo Kune	Michelle Butler-Emmett Elme de Villiers	17–21, 21–19, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Botswana International	Yeldie Louison	Elme de Villiers Sandra Halilovic	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Mauritius International	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Elme de Villiers Sandra Le Grange	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Kenya International	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Shamim Bangi Margaret Nankabirwa	21–18, 21–9	Winner
2013	Uganda International	Shama Aboobakar	Shamim Bangi Margaret Nankabirwa	21–13, 18–21, 21–12	Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

     BWF Future Series tournament

References

External links

• Grace Gabriel at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Grace Gabriel at BWFbadminton.com