Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (born 1 June 1997) is a Nigerian badminton player. He started playing badminton together with his brother in 2005, and later he was selected to join Nigeria senior national team in 2017. He was fifth-time gold medalists in the men's singles at the African Championships, as well two-time gold medalists in the African Games. He competed at the 2020 Tokyo, and 2024 Paris Olympics, where he was assigned as a country team captain and also flag bearer during the Paris Olympics parade of nations.
Achievements
African Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco Julien Paul 21–16, 21–17 Gold 2023 Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana Godwin Olofua 21–23, 21–17, 21–15 Gold
Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center,Casablanca, Morocco Godwin Olofua Aatish Lubah Julien Paul 9–21, 18–21 Silver 2023 Borteyman Sports Complex,Accra, Ghana Godwin Olofua Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel 6–21, 15–21 Silver
African Championships Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Godwin Olofua 21–17, 16–21, 21–17 Gold 2020 Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt Julien Paul 21–16, 16–21, 21–23 Silver 2022 Lugogo Arena, Kampala, Uganda Brian Kasirye 21–14, 23–21 Gold 2023 John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa Julien Paul 18–21, 21–13, 21–18 Gold 2024 Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt Julien Paul 23–21, 11–21, 21–16 Gold 2025 Gymnase de Japoma, Douala, Cameroon Adham Hatem Elgamal 21–7, 23–21 Gold
Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre,Port Harcourt, Nigeria Godwin Olofua Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel 21–18, 16–21, 16–21 Bronze 2020 Cairo Stadium Hall 2,Cairo, Egypt Godwin Olofua Aatish Lubah Julien Paul 14–21, 25–27 Bronze
BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 9 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2017 Côte d'Ivoire International Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik 21–18, 21–16 Winner 2018 Zambia International Ade Resky Dwicahyo 11–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2020 Kenya International Chirag Sen 18–21, 8–21 Runner-up 2022 Zambia International Dmitriy Panarin 9–21, 10–21 Runner-up
Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Lagos International Godwin Olofua Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2018 Côte d'Ivoire International Godwin Olofua Mathias Pedersen Jonathan Persson 21–14, 21–19 Winner 2018 Zambia International Godwin Olofua Ade Resky Dwicahyo Azmy Qowimuramadhoni 19–21, 21–18, 11–21 Runner-up 2019 Uganda International Godwin Olofua Siddharth Jakhar Ahmed Salah 21–18, 21–11 Winner 2019 Benin International Godwin Olofua Aravind Kongara Venkatesh Prasad 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2019 Côte d'Ivoire International Godwin Olofua Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah 20–22, 19–21 Runner-up 2019 Ghana International Godwin Olofua Arjun M. R. Ramchandran Shlok 11–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2019 Cameroon International Godwin Olofua Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah 21–12, 11–21, 21–11 Winner 2020 Uganda International Godwin Olofua Tarun Kona Shivam Sharma 15–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2020 Kenya International Godwin Olofua Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan Santosh Gajendran 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Zambia International Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik Domou Amro 21–19, 23–21 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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