Nigerian-born John Oyebode is seen as part of the future of Italian table tennis.
Nigerian-born Italian, John Oyebode was in superb form at the just concluded 2017 ITTF Italian Junior and Cadet Open in Lignano, where the 15-year-old claimed two gold medals in the cadet event of the championship.
Oyebode, whose father, Michael, was part of the Nigerian coaching crew to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, partnered Matteo Gualdi to beat Czech Republic’s Simon Belik and Tomas Martinko 11-9, 9-11, 15-17, 11-9, 11-8 (3-2) to claim the gold in the cadet boys doubles.
He also paired Matteo Gualdi to overcome Belgium 3-0 in the cadet boys’ team event.
Despite not playing beyond the second round of the singles event in the cadet boys, Oyebode shone like a star for his adopted country in the junior boys singles as he worked his way into the last four of the event where he was beaten in the semifinal by compatriot, Antonio Amato.
The bespectacled star was seeded number three in the cadet boys and after making the podium in the boys singles, he said, “after the bronze in the Junior Boys’ Singles, the first podium in single in my life, I want another medal.”
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