Grace Kubi Daniel (born 24 February 1984) is a Nigerian badminton player. She defeated South Africa's

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for the gold medal in the women's singles, and also, teamed up with Susan Ideh for a silver in the doubles at the

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. Daniel qualified for the women's singles at the

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, after she was ranked eighty-ninth in the world, and awarded a continental spot for Africa by the

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. She lost the first preliminary round match to Czech Republic's Kristina Ludíková, with a score of 13–21 and 8–21.

Achievements

African Games

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

African Championships

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed Doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel, Grace 1984 births Living people Nigerian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Nigeria Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria Badminton players at the 2003 All-Africa Games Badminton players at the 2007 All-Africa Games Badminton players at the 2011 All-Africa Games African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games silver medalists for Nigeria African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria African Games gold medalists in badminton African Games silver medalists in badminton African Games bronze medalists in badminton Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen