Princess Dudu (born 20 October 1978 in

Benin City Benin City serves as the Capital city, capital and largest Metropolitan area, metropolitan centre of Edo State, situated in Nigeria, southern Nigeria. It ranks as the List of Nigerian cities by population, fourth-most populous city in Niger ...

) is a Nigerian

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

practitioner, who competed in the women's heavyweight category. She won a gold medal in the over 72-kg division at the

2003 All-Africa Games The 8th All Africa Games, also known as Abuja 2003, were held from 5–17 October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 53 countries participated in 23 sports. The main venue was the newly constructed Abuja Stadium. The organizing committee was headed by N ...

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, and also represented her nation

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. Dudu qualified as a lone female taekwondo jin for the Nigerian squad in the women's heavyweight class (+67 kg) at the

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, by placing second behind Morocco's

Mounia Bourguigue Mounia Bourguigue (born January 21, 1975) is a taekwondo practitioner from Morocco. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she placed 5th, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Ga ...

and granting a berth from the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. She failed to move beyond her opening match in a dismal 9–12 defeat to Jordanian fighter

Nadin Dawani Nadin Dawani (born 20 April 1988) is a Jordanian taekwondo practitioner who competes in the 67 kg category. She was born in Amman, Jordan on 20 April 1988. She became the first Jordanian Taekwondo player to be named Asian Champion after winni ...

. With her opponent falling behind France's

Myriam Baverel Myriam Baverel (born 14 January 1981) is a French taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she received a silver medal in the +67 kg class.

in the semifinals due to superiority rule, Dudu denied her chance to compete for the Olympic bronze medal through the repechage rounds.

References

External links

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Princess Dudu at olympic.org
1978 births Living people Nigerian female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Nigeria Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Benin City Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games African Games gold medalists for Nigeria African Games gold medalists in taekwondo 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen {{Nigeria-taekwondo-bio-stub