Augustina Ebhomien Sunday

Augustina Ebhomien Sunday
Personal information
CountryNigeria
Born (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 (age 28)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking388 (WS 7 April 2016)
288 (WD 14 August 2014)
383 (XD 30 August 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Nigeria
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Brazzaville Mixed team
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Port Harcourt Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Port Harcourt Women's doubles
BWF profile

Augustina Ebhomien Sunday (born 23 August 1996) is a Nigerian badminton player.[1][2] She educated English and Literature at the Benson Idahosa University, and in 2015, she competed at the Summer Universiade In Gwangju, South Korea.[3]

Career

In 2013, she won the women's singles title at the Nigeria International partnering Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh.[4] Partnered with Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan, they finished runner-up at the 2014 Uganda International.[5]

In 2015, she competed at the African Games and was part of the team that won the bronze medal.[6] In 2019, she helps the Nigeria team won the African Championships, while in the women's doubles, she won the bronze medal.[7][8]

Achievements

African Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre,
Port Harcourt, Nigeria 		Nigeria Peace Orji Nigeria Amin Yop Christopher
Nigeria Chineye Ibere 		16–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze [8]

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2013 Nigeria International Nigeria Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh Nigeria Tosin Damilola Atolagbe
Nigeria Fatima Azeez 		21–18, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [4]
2014 Uganda International Nigeria Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Nigeria Tosin Damilola Atolagbe
Nigeria Fatima Azeez 		21–14, 9–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [5]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Augustina Ebhomien Sunday". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Augustina Ebhomien Sunday Full Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Nigerian Augustina Sunday wants to impress at Universiade". FISU. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Nigeria International Series Badminton Championship WD". BWF-Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b Bryson, Michael Mugote (24 February 2014). "Nigerians dominate Uganda International tournament". Kawowo. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ^ "2015 African Continental Championships (Team)". BWF-Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Badminton Confederation Africa Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Badminton Confederation Africa. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b "All Africa Individual Championships 2019 WD". BWF-Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.


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