Grace Daniel
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| Birth name | Grace Kubi Daniel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 February 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 215 (February 21, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Grace Kubi Daniel (born February 24, 1984) is a Nigerian badminton player.[1] She defeated South Africa's Michelle Claire Edwards for the gold medal in the women's singles, and also, teamed up with Susan Ideh for a silver in the doubles at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[2]
Daniel qualified for the women's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after she was ranked eighty-ninth in the world, and awarded a continental spot for Africa by the Badminton World Federation. She lost the first preliminary round match to Czech Republic's Kristina Ludíková, with a score of 13–21 and 8–21.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Grace Daniel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ "Nigeria overwhelms S. Africa in All-Africa Games badminton". Xinhua News Agency. People's Daily. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ "Women's Singles Round of 64". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ↑ "Britain's Hallam advances in Olympic badminton". Team USA. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
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