Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori

Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
Personal information
Country	Nigeria
Born	1 June 1997 (age 27); Lagos, Nigeria
Residence	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	86 (MS, 5 September 2023); 48 (MD with Godwin Olofua, 19 October 2021)
Current ranking	101 (MS, 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Nigeria
African Games
African Championships
Africa Team Championships
	BWF profile

Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (born 1 June 1997) is a Nigerian badminton player.^[3] He started playing badminton together with his brother in 2005, and later he was selected to join Nigeria senior national team in 2017.^[4] Opeyori won the African Championships and African Games in the singles event in 2019.^[5]^[6] He competed at the 2020 Tokyo,^[7] and 2024 Paris Olympics, where he was assigned as a country team captain and also flag bearer during the Paris Olympics parade of nations.^[8]^[9]

Achievements

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Julien Paul	21–16, 21–17	Gold
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Godwin Olofua	21–23, 21–17, 21–15	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Godwin Olofua	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	9–21, 18–21	Silver
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Godwin Olofua	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	6–21, 15–21	Silver

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Godwin Olofua	21–17, 16–21, 21–17	Gold
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Julien Paul	21–16, 16–21, 21–23	Silver
2022	Lugogo Arena, Kampala, Uganda	Brian Kasirye	21–14, 23–21	Gold
2023	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Julien Paul	18–21, 21–13, 21–18	Gold
2024	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt	Julien Paul	23–21, 11–21, 21–16	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Godwin Olofua	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	21–18, 16–21, 16–21	Bronze
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Godwin Olofua	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	14–21, 25–27	Bronze

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Côte d'Ivoire International	Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2018	Zambia International	Ade Resky Dwicahyo	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2020	Kenya International	Chirag Sen	18–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2022	Zambia International	Dmitriy Panarin	9–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Lagos International	Godwin Olofua	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Côte d'Ivoire International	Godwin Olofua	Mathias Pedersen Jonathan Persson	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2018	Zambia International	Godwin Olofua	Ade Resky Dwicahyo Azmy Qowimuramadhoni	19–21, 21–18, 11–21	Runner-up
2019	Uganda International	Godwin Olofua	Siddharth Jakhar Ahmed Salah	21–18, 21–11	Winner
2019	Benin International	Godwin Olofua	Aravind Kongara Venkatesh Prasad	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2019	Côte d'Ivoire International	Godwin Olofua	Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	Ghana International	Godwin Olofua	Arjun M. R. Ramchandran Shlok	11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	Cameroon International	Godwin Olofua	Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah	21–12, 11–21, 21–11	Winner
2020	Uganda International	Godwin Olofua	Tarun Kona Shivam Sharma	15–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2020	Kenya International	Godwin Olofua	Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan Santosh Gajendran	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Zambia International	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik Domou Amro	21–19, 23–21	Winner

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^ ^a ^b "Athlete Profile:Opeyori Anuoluwapo Juwon". Rabat 2019. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "Players: Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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^ Etchells, Daniel (28 April 2019). "Nigeria's Opeyori and Adesokan claim singles titles at All-African Badminton Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ "African Games 2019: Anuoluwapo Opeyori wins gold as team Nigeria emerge overall champions". Badminton Nigeria. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
^ "Opeyori Anuoluwapo Juwon". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Amusan named Nigeria's flag bearer for Paris 2024". The Nation. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ Pick, Oscar (26 July 2024). "Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 opening ceremony as Tom Daley and LeBron James take stage". The Independent. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

Olympic Games
Preceded by Seun Adigun	Flag bearer for Nigeria Paris 2024 with Tobi Amusan	Succeeded by Incumbent