Cecilia Offiong
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Full name | Cecilia Otu Offiong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Nigeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria | 13 June 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 333 (June 2009)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 452 (February 2013)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Calabar Sports Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cecilia Otu Offiong-Akpan
Offiong made her official debut, as an 18-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed in both singles and doubles tournaments. For her first event, the women's singles, Offiong defeated Brazil's Lígia Silva in the preliminary round, before losing out her next match to North Korea's Kim Yun-Mi, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[6] Offiong also teamed up with her partner Offiong Edem in the women's doubles, where they lost the first round match to Russian duo Oksana Fadeyeva and Galina Melnik, receiving a final set score of 3–4.[7]
Four years after competing in her first Olympics, Offiong qualified for her second Nigerian team, as a 22-year-old, at the
References
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- ^ a b c "ITTF World Ranking – Cecilia Offiong". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cecilia Offiong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ Marshall, Ian (10 September 2011). "Women's Doubles Title Retained, Cecilia Akpan and Offiong Edem Once Again". ITTF. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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- ^ "Miao chalks up table tennis win". ABC News Australia. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2013.