Grace Gabriel

Personal information

Country

Nigeria

Born

25 June 1988 (age 35)
Jos, Nigeria

Residence

Netherlands

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Handedness

Right

Coach

Irwansyah Aboy
Ronald Wetzel

Women's singles & doubles

Highest ranking

63 (WS 23 September 2015)
97 (WD 12 July 2012)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing Nigeria
All-Africa Games
	2007 Algiers	Mixed team
	2011 Maputo	Mixed team
	2011 Maputo	Women's singles
	2015 Brazzaville	Women's singles
	2015 Brazzaville	Women's doubles
	2015 Brazzaville	Mixed team
African Championships
	2012 Addis Ababa	Women's singles
	2013 Rose Hill	Women's singles
	2011 Marrakesh	Mixed team
	2013 Rose Hill	Mixed team
	2014 Gaborone	Women's singles
	2014 Gaborone	Mixed team
	2011 Marrakesh	Women's singles
	2011 Marrakesh	Mixed doubles
	2020 Cairo	Women's doubles
Africa Team Championships
	2012 Addis Ababa	Women's team
	2010 Kampala	Women's team

BWF profile

Grace Gabriel Ofodile (born 25 June 1988) is a Nigerian badminton player. She won the women's singles title at the 2012 and 2013 African Championships.^[1] Gabriel also won the women's singles silver medal at the 2011 and 2015 African Games.^[1]^[2]

Career

She won the silver medal in the women's singles at the 2011 All-Africa Games.^[3] She became the runner-up in the women's singles event at the 2014 African Badminton Championships.^[4] She won second place at the 2015 All Africa Games.^[5]

In September 2013, it was reported that she was one of the 14 players selected for the Road to Rio Program, a program that aimed to help African badminton players to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games.^[6]

She studied at Fontys University of Applied Sciences and lives in the Netherlands.^[7]

Achievements

All-Africa Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Gymnase Étienne Mongha, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	Kate Foo Kune	13–21, 19–21	Silver
2011	Escola Josina Machel, Maputo, Mozambique	Susan Ideh	16–21, 19–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Gymnase Étienne Mongha, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	Maria Braimoh	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	13–21, 16–21	Bronze

African Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Lobatse Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana	Kate Foo Kune	14–21, 21–14, 17–21	Silver
2013	National Badminton Centre, Rose Hill, Mauritius	Kate Foo Kune	25–23, 21–12	Gold
2012	Arat Kilo Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Fatima Azeez	21–19, 14–21, 21–16	Gold
2011	Marrakesh, Morocco	Kerry-Lee Harrington	18–21, 15–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt	Chineye Ibere	Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	13–21, 12–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Marrakesh, Morocco	Enejoh Abah	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	13–21, 8–21	Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 12 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Kenya International	Shamim Bangi	21–8, 15–21, 21–18	Winner
2013	Mauritius International	Kate Foo Kune	18–21, 21–16, 22–24	Runner-up
2014	Kenya International	Jeanine Cicognini	16–21, 21–13, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Ethiopia International	Hadia Hosny	11–6, 11–7, 11–9	Winner
2014	Nigeria International	Nicole Schaller	8–11, 3–11, 11–7, 11–10, 6–11	Runner-up
2014	Zambia International	Kate Foo Kune	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Botswana International	Hadia Hosny	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2015	Ethiopia International	Cemre Fere	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	Nigeria International	Kate Foo Kune	14–21, 21–11, 21–12	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Uganda International	Shama Aboobakar	Shamim Bangi Margaret Nankabirwa	21–13, 18–21, 21–12	Winner
2013	Kenya International	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Shamim Bangi Margaret Nankabirwa	21–18, 21–9	Winner
2013	Mauritius International	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Elme de Villiers Sandra Le Grange	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Botswana International	Yeldie Louison	Elme de Villiers Sandra Halilovic	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2014	Zambia International	Kate Foo Kune	Michelle Butler-Emmett Elme de Villiers	17–21, 21–19, 17–21	Runner-up
2014	Botswana International	Elme de Villiers	Shamim Bangi Ogar Siamupangila	21–17, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2015	Mauritius International	Ogar Siamupangila	Negin Amiripour Aghaei Hajiagha Soraya	26–28, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Nigeria International	Braimoh Maria	Cemre Fere Ebru Yazgan	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Botswana International	Ogar Siamupangila	Elizaberth Chipeleme Ngandwe Miyambo	21–11, 21–17	Winner^[8]
2016	Uganda International	Ogar Siamupangila	Cemre Fere Ebru Yazgan	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Benin International	Ramatu Yakubu	Husina Kobugabe Gladys Mbabazi	22–20, 21–23, 18–21	Runner-up