Grace Daniel

Grace Daniel
Personal information
Birth name Grace Kubi Daniel
Country  Nigeria
Born (1984-02-24) 24 February 1984
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Handedness Right
Highest ranking 94
Current ranking 215 (February 21, 2013)
BWF profile

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

  1. "Grace Daniel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. "Nigeria overwhelms S. Africa in All-Africa Games badminton". Xinhua News Agency (People's Daily). 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  3. "Women's Singles Round of 64". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  4. "Britain's Hallam advances in Olympic badminton". Team USA. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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