Olufunke Oshonaike

Olufunke Oshonaike

Personal information
Nationality	Nigeria
Born	28 October 1975 Lagos, Nigeria
Sport
Sport	Table Tennis
Medal record Women's Table Tennis Representing  Nigeria All-Africa Games 2007 Algiers Team 2011 Maputo Singles 2011 Maputo Doubles 2011 Maputo Mixed Doubles 2011 Maputo Team 2015 Brazzaville Team 2015 Brazzaville Mixed Doubles 2007 Algiers Singles 2007 Algiers Doubles 2015 Brazzaville Singles 2015 Brazzaville Doubles

Olufunke Oshonaike (born 28 October 1975) is a Nigerian table tennis player. She competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Funke Started her playing career in Lagos on a street called Akeju street, Shomolu, Lagos, in the early 1980s while very young.

Funke was a spectacle each time she played because she was very small and used to amaze people with her skill at that early age.

She attended Community Primary School now known as Ola-Olu Primary School, Agunbiade, Shomolu, Lagos. While in primary 4, she won a competition for the school and was honoured by the Headmaster of the school, Mr G.O. Taiwo, on the assembly ground in front of her school mates.

After her primary education, she proceeded to Igbobi Girls High School, Igbobi-Yaba, she left the school when she was in SSS 1 to proceed with her education and professional career.

References

1. "Olufunke Oshonaike". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-27.
2. "London 2012 Women's Table Tennis Singles". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 4 August 2014.