Nigeria at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Nigeria at the 2021 Summer World University Games
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IOC code	NGR
in Chengdu, China 28 July 2023 (2023-07-28) – 8 August 2023 (2023-08-08)
Competitors	32 (16 men and 16 women)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer World University Games appearances
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Nigeria competed at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China held from 28 July to 8 August 2023.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	4	8
Badminton	3	2	5
Judo	1	3	4
Table tennis	2	3	5
Taekwondo	6	3	9
Tennis	0	1	1
Total	16	16	32

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Men

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-finals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adedigba Oluwakorede	110 metres hurdles	16.01	21	—		Did not advance
Nurain Musa	100 metres	10.63	25	Did not advance
Sewekan Thovoethin	400 metres	46.68 PB	4 Q	46.38 PB	7	Did not advance

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
King Ahonkhai	Long jump	NM		Did not advance

Women

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-finals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tinuade Adekola	100 metres	13.03	44	Did not advance
	100 metres hurdles	19.17	27	Did not advance
Blessing Akintoye	200 metres	Did not start
	400 metres	Did not start
Victoria Aransiola	100 metres	12.21	34	Did not advance
	200 metres	24.98	35	Did not advance

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Blessing Gideon	Long jump	5.54 PB	26	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Simeon Akinsola	Singles	Lam (HKG) L 0–2	Did not advance
Oluwasegun Idowu	Singles	Öztürk (TUR) L 1–2	Did not advance
Mujittapha Umar	Singles	Ko (HKG) L 0–2	Did not advance
Simeon Akinsola Oluwasegun Idowu	Doubles	Bye	Zhou / He (CHN) L 0–2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Motunrayo Abiola	Singles	Aoki (JPN) L 0–2	Did not advance
Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori	Singles	Owomugisha (UGA) W w/o	Mehta (HKG) L 0–2	Did not advance
Motunrayo Abiola Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori	Doubles	Khomich / Hankiewicz (POL) L 0–2	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Rank
Oluwatosin Ihaza	Men's 81 kg	Murtozoev (UZB) L DNS	Did not advance
Uforoemem Effiong	Women's 48 kg	Bye	Vieu (FRA) L DNS	Did not advance
Enku Ekuta	Women's 63 kg	Feng (CHN) L 01–02	Did not advance
Immaculata Ufot	Women's 57 kg	Kechout (ALG) L DNS	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group round				Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniel Ayuba	Men's singles	Koh (SGP) L w/o	Leong (MAC) L 1–3	Jeho (IND) L 0–3	3	Did not advance
Prosper Obasuyi	Men's singles	Cheong (MAC) L 1–3	Georgiou (CYP) L 1–3	Bluhm (GER) L 0–3	4	Did not advance
Oluchi Amah	Women's singles	Zulu (ZAM) D 0–0 w/o	Soo (HKG) L 0–3 w/o	Rexhaj (ALB) L 0–3 w/o	3	Did not advance
Vivian Oku	Women's singles	Lee (KOR) L 0–3 w/o	Batmönkhiin (MGL) L 0–3 w/o	Özkaya (TUR) L 0–3 w/o	4	Did not advance
Kehinde Oyeniyi	Women's singles	Hildebrandt (GER) L 0–3	Lima (BRA) L 0–3	Bat-Erdene (MGL) W 3–2	3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniel Ayuba Prosper Obasuyi	Men's doubles	Bye	Han / Yun (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance
Daniel Ayuba Kehinde Oyeniyi	Mixed doubles	Bye	Hippler / Lemmer (GER) L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Kyorugi

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Rank
Joel Daodu	Men's 58 kg	Bye	Park (KOR) L 0–2	Did not advance
Oluwatobi Daramola	Men's 87 kg	Bye	Tukhtasinboev (UZB) L 0–2	Did not advance
Malachi Eze	Men's +87 kg	—	Choi (USA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Abdulrahmon Fehintola	Men's 80 kg	Cheny (TPE) L 0–2	Did not advance
Abdulrazak Musa	Men's 74 kg	de Moura (BRA) L 0–2	Did not advance
Yiazibe Torukuru	Men's 54 kg	Bye	Kitade (JPN) L 0–2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Rank
Joy Aiyegbeni	Women's 62 kg	Bye	Sereda (POL) L 0–2	Did not advance
Gabey Ogbemudia	Women's 49 kg	Bye	Fonseca (USA) L 0–2	Did not advance
Olajumoke Olateju	Women's +73 kg	—	Rivadulla (ESP) L 1–2	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Opponent score	Rank
Blessing Danjuma	Women's singles	Bye	Johnson (USA) L 0–2	Did not advance

External links

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