Oshonaike is the first female table tennis player in the world to attend seven Olympic Games
Former African champion Olufunke Oshonaike has been inducted by the International Table Tennis Federation into the exclusive club of seven-time Olympians known as ‘Club 7’.
Oshonaike is the first female table tennis player in the world and the first female athlete in Africa ever to attend seven Olympic Games.A brief ceremony was held in Tokyo on Monday, July 26 attended by the President of ITTF Thomas Weikert as well as former inductees – Jörgen Persson of Sweden , Zoran Primorac of Croatia and the former Yugoslavia , Belgium’s Jean-Michel Saive and Segun Toriola .
Across the globe, only four male table tennis players in the world have been inducted since table tennis became an Olympic sport at Seoul ‘88 Olympic Games in South Korea and Oshonaike increased the number to five being the first female player in the world. Toriola made his Olympic debut at the Barcelona ‘92 Olympic Games, while Oshonaike made her Olympic Games debut at the Atlanta ‘96 Games in the United States.
She added: ”Though I might not have won gold, silver or bronze, I have won what no woman in the world of table tennis has ever won. Thank God for the award – the 7 Club award. I’m a proud Nigerian and I hope more women will join me.”
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