BADMINTON: TINUBU HAILS AS ENIOLA BOLAJI BECOMES THE FIRST AFRICAN ATHLETE TO WIN A PARALYMPIC MEDAL

At just 18 years old, Bolaji became the first African, male or female, to secure a badminton medal at either the Olympics or Paralympics, the Paralympics reports.

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, congratulated Eniola Mariam Bolaji on winning a medal in badminton at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, becoming the first African athlete to achieve such a feat in the sport at the Games.

At the Paris 2024 Paralympics on Monday, Mariam Eniola Bolaji made history by winning a bronze medal in the women’s Para badminton SL3. At just 18 years old, Bolaji became the first African, male or female, to secure a badminton medal at either the Olympics or Paralympics, the Paralympics reports.

The eighteen-year-old Eniola clinched bronze in the women’s Para-badminton SL3 at the Paris Paralympics on Monday.

Commending her courage and resilience demonstrated against all odds to secure Nigeria’s first medal at the Games, President Tinubu, in a press statement on Tuesday, thanked the young athlete for making the nation proud and described her as “a fine example of the resourcefulness, talent, and grit of Nigeria’s youths”.