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Gifty Mensah

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Gifty Mensah
Personal information
Country Ghana
Born (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26)
Jamestown, Accra, Ghana
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachDavis Efraim
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking435 (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

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BWF International Challenge/Series

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Mixed Doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Rose Hill International Ghana Emmanuel Yaw Donkor Mauritius Sahir Edoo
Mauritius Yeldy Louison
18–21, 29–27, 24–26 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Nigeria International Ghana Daniel Sam Nigeria Olorunfemi Elewa
Nigeria Susan Ideh
19–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Players: Gifty Mensah". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Sam and Evelyn are Independence Day Badminton champions". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Six Badminton players for All Africa Games". Ghana Business News. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Newsletter du Mois d'Octobre 2015: Nigeria International 2015" (in French). africa-badminton.com. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Badminton: Ghana win 4 medals in Mauritius". Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Ghana excels at international badminton tourney". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Participants: Gifty Mensah". gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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