Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh (born 12 November 1996) is a Nigerian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. In 2014, she competed at the

African Youth Games The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years to complement the current Africa Games. The first games was hosted by Rabat, Morocco. This international sportive event has been created by Lassana Palenfo, c ...

, and won two gold medals in the girls' doubles and mixed team event. In 2016, she was the women's singles runner-up at the Ivory Coast International, and won the mixed doubles title partnered with Gideon Babalola. In 2017, she and Babalola reached the final round at the Ivory Coast International, but finished in second place. Ukeh also was the runner-up at the Benin International tournament in the women's singles and doubles events. At the national event, Ukeh who represented

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, was the women's singles and doubles runner-up at the Katsina Golden Star Badminton Championships.

Achievements

African Games

''Women's doubles''

African Championships

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

African Youth Games

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

''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:Ukeh, Uchechukwu Deborah 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Edo State Nigerian female badminton players Badminton players at the 2015 African Games Badminton players at the 2019 African 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 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen Badminton players at the 2023 African Games