Bose Kaffo (born 14 November 1972 in

Surulere Surulere is a local government area located on the mainland in Lagos State, Nigeria. It has an area of . At the 2006 census, there were 503,975 inhabitants, with a population density of 21,864 inhabitants per square kilometer. The local governm ...

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) is a Nigerian professional table tennis player who competed at five Olympics from 1992 to 2008. She is the second Nigerian woman to compete at five Olympics, after sprinter

Mary Onyali Nkemdilim “Mary” Onyali-Omagbemi (née Onyali, born 3 February 1968) is a Nigerian former sprinter, she was a 5x Olympian 1988 - 2004. She had won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1992 Olympic Games and in the 200 m at the ...

. This feat was also achieved in 2008 by fellow table tennis player

Segun Toriola Segun Moses Toriola (born 18 September 1974 in Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria) is a retired Nigeria professional table tennis player. Biography He is the youngest of nine brothers. Since 1995, he had been ranked amongst the top table tennis players ...

. By the end of the 2008 Summer Olympics, only thirteen table tennis players worldwide had appeared at least five Olympics. Her doubles partners at the Olympics were Abiola Odumosu in 1992 and Olufunke Oshonaike from 1996 to 2004. She has won fifteen medals (seven gold) in singles and doubles at six consecutive

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from 1987 to 2007, winning at least one medal at each Games. In Singles, she won gold in 1995, silver in 1999 and 2007, and bronze in 2003. In Doubles, she won gold (with Olufunke Oshonaike) in 1995, 1999, and 2003, silver in 1991, and bronze in 2007. In Mixed Doubles, she won gold in 1991 (with

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), 1995 (with Sule Olayele), and 1999 (with

) along with silver in 1987 and 2003 and bronze in 2007. Nigeria has won team gold at all All-Africa Games.

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* * * * 1972 births Living people Nigerian female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Nigeria Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games gold medalists in table tennis Medalists at the 1987 All-Africa Games Medalists at the 1991 All-Africa Games Medalists at the 1995 All-Africa Games Medalists at the 1999 All-Africa Games Medalists at the 2003 All-Africa Games Medalists at the 2007 All-Africa Games Table tennis players at the 2007 All-Africa Games {{Nigeria-tabletennis-bio-stub

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