Bose Kaffo (born 14 November 1972 in

Surulere Surulere is a residential and commercial Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Area located on the mainland of Lagos in Lagos State, Nigeria, with an area of . At the last census in the year 2006, there were 503,975 inhabitants, wi ...

Lagos State Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian state ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

) 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. He is the youngest of nine brothers. Since 1995 he has been ranked as the best Nigerian player. He has been amongst t ...

. 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 Olufunke Oshonaike, also known as Funke Oshonaike (born 28 April 1974) is a professional Nigeria table tennis player based in Hamburg, Germany. She competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Oshonaike started her playing career on a str ...

from 1996 to 2004. She has won fifteen medals (seven gold) in singles and doubles at six consecutive

All-Africa Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (AN ...

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

Atanda Musa Atanda Ganiyu Musa (born 3 February 1960) is a Nigerian table tennis player. He represented Nigeria at two Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1992, taking part in both the singles and doubles events. He was once ranked 20th in the world at his peak. ...

), 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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1974 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 medalists in table tennis Competitors at the 1995 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games {{Nigeria-tabletennis-bio-stub

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