23 Facts About Quadri Aruna

Quadri Akinade Aruna was born on 9 August 1988 and is a professional Nigerian table tennis player.

Quadri Aruna competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2020 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals in 2016.

Quadri Aruna is the first African player to be ranked in the top 10 in the world.

Quadri Aruna was part of the Nigerian team that won bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

At the club level, Aruna Quadri recently teamed up with TTC RhonSprudel Fulda-Maberzell, a top German Bundesliga Table Tennis club.

Quadri Aruna entered the Men's Singles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics as seed number 27.

Quadri Aruna defeated Chuang in arguably the tournament's biggest upset without losing a single set.

Quadri Aruna faced world-renowned German player Timo Boll in the third round.

Quadri Aruna defeated Boll, earning him a spot in the Quarter Finals.

The match proved entertaining as Quadri Aruna was forced to play defensively and back from the table, providing memorable rallies.

Ultimately, Long swept Quadri Aruna to move onto the Semis.

Quadri Aruna's run in the Singles event of the 2016 Olympic games was quite easily the most remarkable achievement of his career at the world level.

Quadri Aruna was the only African competitor to reach the fourth round.

Quadri Aruna competed in the 2017 ITTF African Cup, qualifying for the quarter-finals, where he defeated Algeria's Naim Karali.

Quadri Aruna won the event and became the 2017 African Cup Champion.

Quadri Aruna competed in the World Championships, seeded as number 30.

Quadri Aruna competed in the 2018 ITTF African Cup, placing first in group 2, allowing him to qualify for the Quarterfinals.

The third game entailed a dominant performance from Quadri Aruna, attacking Assar relentlessly.

In 2019, Quadri Aruna won the Nigeria Open men's singles title.

Quadri Aruna reached the quarter-finals of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.

Quadri Aruna is married to another table tennis player Aruna Olateju Ganiyat and has three children.

Quadri Aruna attended Oba Adeyemi High School, Oyo State, Nigeria, where he represented the school, Oyo East Local Government Area and Oyo State at various table tennis competitions.

Aruna Quadri won the Outstanding Sportsman of the Year award at the 2018 Nigerian Sports Award.