Gifty Mensah
Gifty Mensah | |
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Personal information | |
Country | |
Born | Jamestown, Accra, Ghana | 7 October 1998
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Handedness | Right |
Coach | Davis Efraim |
Women's singles & doubles | |
Highest ranking | 435 (WS 28 April 2016) 471 (WD 13 September 2012) 418 (XD 22 September 2016) |
BWF profile |
Gifty Mensah (born 7 October 1998) is a Ghanaian badminton player who joined the national team in 2010.[1] In 2011, she plays for Accra, compete at the Ghana Independence Day Open Championship. She won a gold in the women's doubles and a silver in the singles.[2] At the same year, she was selected to represent her country to compete at the All-Africa Games.[3] Teamed-up with Daniel Sam, they were the finalist at the 2015 Nigeria International tournament.[4] In 2016, she was the runner-up at the Rose Hill International tournament in the mixed doubles event with Emmanuel Donkor, after battling with the Mauritanian Edoo and Louison.[5] She also took the third place in the women's doubles event with Stella Amassah.[6] In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[7]
Achievements
[edit]BWF International Challenge/Series
[edit]Mixed Doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Rose Hill International | 18–21, 29–27, 24–26 | |||
2015 | Nigeria International | 19–21, 17–21 |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Players: Gifty Mensah". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Sam and Evelyn are Independence Day Badminton champions". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Six Badminton players for All Africa Games". Ghana Business News. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Newsletter du Mois d'Octobre 2015: Nigeria International 2015" (in French). africa-badminton.com. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Badminton: Ghana win 4 medals in Mauritius". Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Ghana excels at international badminton tourney". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Participants: Gifty Mensah". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Gifty Mensah at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Accra
- Ghanaian female badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana
- Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games
- Competitors at the 2015 African Games
- African Games competitors for Ghana
- Ghanaian sportspeople stubs
- Badminton biography stubs