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Nigeria At The 2020 Summer Paralympics
Nigeria competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August and 5 September 2021. This was their eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1992 Summer Paralympics, 1992. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: Athletics Flora Ugwunwa qualified to compete in the women's javelin throw F54 event. She qualified after winning the silver medal in the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw, women's javelin throw F54 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Lauritta Onye qualified to compete in the women's shot put F40 event. Powerlifting Source: Rowing Nigeria qualified one boats in the men's single sculls events for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 FISA African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia. Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Nigeria
Work toward freedom led to the formation of a national planning committee, which in 1958 named for a competition to choose a national flag. Thousands of designs were submitted, but the flag of equivalent green-white-green flat stripes, green stood for farming and white for unity and peace was chosen. The flag of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on 1 October 1960. The flag has three vertical bands of green, white, green. The two green stripes represent natural wealth, and the white represents peace and unity. Design The flag is an adaptation of the winning entry from Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi in a competition held in 1959. Akinkunmi was a 23-year-old student at the time he designed the flag. He was studying at Norwood Technical College in London, England, when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper that submissions were being accepted for the design of a new national flag of Nigeria. He submitted a triband design consisting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
