Peace Orji
Peace Orji (born 12 December 1995) is Nigerian badminton player.[2] She participated at the 2017 Benin and Ivory Coast International Badminton championships and she won gold medals in the both mixed doubles categories.
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| Born | 20 December 1995
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 85 (WS 11 February 2020) 82 (WD 17 September 2019) 132 (XD 17 July 2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 107 (WS), 340 (WD) (18 February 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
In 2019, she won bronze medal at the African Badminton Championships in mixed doubles event together with Enejoh Abah, while Nigerian Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan won gold in women's doubles and women's singles event.[3][4][5]
In 2018, she competed at the African Badminton Championships and she won two medals bronze and silver in the women's singles and doubles events.[6]
Achievements
African Games
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Ain Chock Indoor Sport Centre, Casablanca, Morocco |
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21–19, 21–118 |  |
African Championships
Womens's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne, Algiers, Algeria |
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21–19, 21–16 |  |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne, Algiers, Algeria |
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21–19, 21–16 | |
Women's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
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16–21, 14–21 | |
Mixed Doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
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21–15, 21-12 | |
Women's Doubles
Seeds
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 4 | | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 1 | | 18 | 21 | 18 | |||||||||
 | 21 | 13 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 2 | | 16 | 19 | ||||||||||
Mixed Doubles
Seeds
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 21 | 17 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 4 | | 19 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||
| 4 | | 21 | 15 | 21 | |||||||||
| 2 | | 17 | 21 | 12 | |||||||||
| 3 | | 19 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 2 | | 21 | 23 | ||||||||||
African Youth Games
Finals
BWF International Challenge/Series
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
- "Badminton: Peace Orji". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- "Badminton: Peace Orji". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- "Paul and Adesokan; Africa's Best Juniors". bcabadminton.org. Badminton Confederation of Africa. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- "Host Win Women's and Mixed Doubles". bcabadminton.org. Badminton Confederation of Africa. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- "Shuttle World". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- "Athlete Profile: Adesokan Dorcas Ajoke". Rabat 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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