Zainab Damilola Alabi (born 16 October 2002) is a Nigerian badminton player.[2] She participated in major badminton events at both local and international level. As a junior player, she won three bronze medals at the 2018 African Youth Games held in Algiers, Algeria.[3] Alabi then won the women's singles bronze medal at the 2019 African Championships, and also the mixed team gold medal at the 2019 Rabat African Games.[1]

Zainab Damilola Alabi
Personal information
CountryNigeria
Born (2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 22)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight59 kg (130 lb)[1]
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking246 (WS 22 October 2019)
404 (XD 10 September 2019)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Nigeria
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Mixed team
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Port Harcourt Women's singles
Africa Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Cairo Women's team
African Youth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Algiers Girls' singbles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Algiers Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Algiers Girls' team
BWF profile

Achievements

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African Championships

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Women's singles

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

African Youth Games

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Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Salle Protection-Civile de Dar El-Beïda, Algiers, Algeria   Halla Bouksani 18–21, 13–12   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Salle Protection-Civile de Dar El-Beïda,
Algiers, Algeria
  Daniel Christopher Egbonyi   Ahmad Balarabe Umar
  Sofiat Arinola Obanishola
18–21, 18–21   Bronze

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Athlete Profile: Alabi Zainab Damilola". Rabat 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Player: Zainab Damilola Alabi". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "BCA Annual Report 2018" (PDF). badmintonafrica.com. Badminton Confederation Africa. pp. 12–14. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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