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Nigeria’s table tennis medals and Olympians, Games by Games.

Nigerian players and coaches celebrating a team win

Checked 30 September 2026

Commonwealth Games

Table tennis joined the Commonwealth Games in 2002, and Nigeria won gold at the very first tournament through Segun Toriola. By 2022 Nigeria had won 16 medals by our count: 3 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze, many of them in para table tennis. The sport was not on the Glasgow 2026 programme.

Nigeria’s Commonwealth Games table tennis medals
GamesEventMedalPlayers
2002 ManchesterMen’s singlesGoldSegun Toriola
2002 ManchesterMen’s teamSilverSau Ayemojuba, Kazeem Nosiru, Monday Merotohun, Suraju Saka, Segun Toriola
2006 MelbourneMen’s doublesGoldMonday Merotohun and Segun Toriola
2006 MelbourneMen’s singlesBronzeSegun Toriola
2006 MelbourneMen’s teamBronzeNigeria
2006 MelbourneWomen’s para singlesSilverFaith Obiora
2010 DelhiWomen’s para singles (wheelchair)GoldKate Nwaka Oputa
2010 DelhiWomen’s para singles (wheelchair)BronzeFaith Chinenye Obiora
2014 GlasgowMen’s teamBronzeBode Abiodun, Quadri Aruna, Jide Ogidiolu, Ojo Onaolapo, Segun Toriola
2018 Gold CoastMen’s singlesSilverQuadri Aruna
2018 Gold CoastMen’s teamSilverNigeria (beat England 3-2 in the semi-final, lost to India)
2018 Gold CoastWomen’s para singles TT6-10SilverFaith Obazuaye
2022 BirminghamMen’s para singles C3-5SilverNasiru Sule
2022 BirminghamWomen’s para singles C3-5SilverIfechukwude Christiana Ikpeoyi
2022 BirminghamMen’s para singles C3-5BronzeIsau Ogunkunle
2022 BirminghamWomen’s para singles C6-10BronzeFaith Obazuaye
Quadri Aruna in action
Quadri Aruna in action at the 2017 German Open. Photo: Peter Porai-Koshits, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

African Games

For more than three decades Nigeria was Africa’s table tennis superpower: it topped the table tennis medal table at every African Games from 1973 to 2007. Egypt has led since 2011, but Nigeria still wins medals at every Games.

Nigeria at the African Games in table tennis
GamesNigeria’s medalsHighlights
1973 to 2007Top nation at every GamesNigeria led the table tennis medal table from Lagos 1973 to Algiers 2007
2007 Algiers4 goldsMen’s singles (Toriola), men’s doubles (Toriola and Merotohun), women’s doubles (Offiong Edem and Cecilia Offiong), women’s team
2011 Maputo3 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronzeWomen’s singles (Edem), women’s doubles (Edem and Cecilia Akpan), mixed doubles (Toriola and Edem)
2015 Brazzaville1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronzeMen’s team gold
2019 Rabat2 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronzeMen’s singles (Olajide Omotayo, beating Aruna in the final), women’s doubles (Edem and Akpan)
2023 Accra (2024)3 silver, 3 bronzeAruna singles and team silver

Olympic Games

Nigeria has sent table tennis players to every Olympics since the sport joined the programme at Seoul 1988.

Nigeria’s Olympic table tennis players
GamesNigerian playersBest result
1988 SeoulAtanda Musa, Yomi Bankole, Adeyemo Fatai, Kuburat Owolabi, Iyabo AkanmuNigeria’s Olympic table tennis debut
1992 BarcelonaMusa, Bankole, Sule Olaleye, Segun Toriola, Bose Kaffo, Abiola Odumosu
1996 AtlantaToriola, Olaleye, Kaffo, Funke Oshonaike
2000 SydneyToriola, Peter Akinlabi, Kazeem Nosiru, Kaffo, Oshonaike
2004 AthensToriola, Monday Merotohun, Nosiru, Oshonaike, Cecilia Otu Offiong, Offiong Edem
2008 BeijingToriola, Merotohun, Nosiru, Kaffo, Oshonaike, Cecilia Otu Offiong
2012 LondonQuadri Aruna, Toriola, Oshonaike, EdemAruna reached round 2
2016 RioAruna, Toriola, Bode Abiodun, Oshonaike, EdemAruna quarter-finalist, beating Timo Boll
2020 TokyoAruna, Olajide Omotayo, Oshonaike, EdemAruna round 3
2024 ParisAruna, Omotayo, Edem, Fatimo Bello

From our archive

Nigeria table tennis competitions

Nigeria Table Tennis Team has participated in so many competitions, both local and international competitions; which they recorded so many victories and so many achievements as well as losses.

Nigeria table tennis player who participated in the 2018 world table tennis championships defeated Argentina with a 3-0 score in the Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships at Halmstad, Sweden.

Nigeria table tennis team who played in Group B of the men’s Championship Division with Argentina also defeated Turkey, Bulgaria and Australia with 3-0 scores to reach the round of 16.

Nigeria’s table tennis team on April 9 featured in the 2018 Commonwealth Games men’s team semi-finals against England, defeated England with a score of 3-2 and won the silver medal after India defeated them in the final of the men’s event.

Nigeria’s team with their medals at a major Games

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Table tennis results: quick answers

Has Nigeria won a Commonwealth Games gold in table tennis?

Yes, three: Segun Toriola in the men’s singles in 2002, Toriola and Monday Merotohun in the men’s doubles in 2006, and Kate Nwaka Oputa in the women’s wheelchair singles in 2010.

Is table tennis at the 2026 Commonwealth Games?

No. Table tennis was dropped from the reduced Glasgow 2026 programme, so Nigeria’s Commonwealth record runs from 2002 to 2022.

What was Nigeria’s best Olympic table tennis result?

Quadri Aruna’s quarter-final in the men’s singles at Rio 2016, the best ever by an African man.