Zainab Damilola Alabi

Zainab Damilola Alabi (born 16 October 2002) is Nigerian badminton player.[2] She participated in major badminton events at both local and internatiomal level. She won Gold medal at the 2017 Port Harcout for the Mixed team category which took place in Port Harcourt Nigeria.

Zainab Damilola Alabi
Personal information
Country Nigeria
Born (2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 April
Nigeria[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Years active17
HandednessRight
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking85 (WS 11 February 2020)
82 (WD 17 September 2019)
132 (XD 17 July 2014)
Current ranking97 (WS), 91 (WD) (18 February 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Nigeria
African Games
Casablanca, Morocco Mixed team
African Championships
2019 Port Harcourt Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

In 2019, Zainab Damilola won gold medal at the 2019 African Games in the mixed team category and bronze medal at the 2019 African Badminton Championships in mixed doubles event together with Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan who also won bronze in women's doubles and silver medal in mixed team event.[3][4]

Achievements

African Games

African Championships

Womens's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria| align="left" | Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan		 19–21, 20–22 Bronze

Finals
Semi-finals Final
          
1 Kate Foo Kune 21 21
4 Doha Hany 16 13
1 Kate Foo Kune 12 13
3 Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan 21 21
3 Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan 22 21
Zainab Damilola Alabi 20 19

African Youth Games


BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 5 runners-up)
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Badminton: Zainab Damilola Alabi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. "Badminton: Zainab Damilola Alabi". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. "Paul and Adesokan; Africa's Best Juniors". bcabadminton.org. Badminton Confederation of Africa. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. "Host Win Women's and Mixed Doubles". bcabadminton.org. Badminton Confederation of Africa. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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