Gideon Babalola

Gideon Babalola (born 11 February 1994) is a Nigerian badminton player.^[1] He was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games.^[2]

Gideon Babalola
Personal information
Country	Nigeria
Born	(1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 31)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	270 (MS 13 August 2019) 178 (MD 20 August 2019) 401 (XD 17 July 2014)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Nigeria African Games 2019 Rabat Mixed team African Championships 2017 Benoni Mixed team
BWF profile

In 2016, he won the mixed doubles title at the Ivory Coast International, partnered with Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh.^[3] In 2017, he and Ukeh reached the final round at the Ivory Coast International, but finished runners-up.^[4]

Achievements

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Kenya International	Subhankar Dey	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Ivory Coast International	Edwin Ekiring	13–21, 21–12, 10–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	Benin International	Habeeb Temitope Bello	Daniel Steyn Bongani von Bodenstein	21–18, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Ivory Coast International	Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh	Tobiloba Oyewole Xena Arisa	21–7, 21–10	Winner
2017	Ivory Coast International	Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh	Enejoh Abah Peace Orji	Walkover	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament