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Nigerian Archers: Past and Present

The archers who built the sport in Nigeria and the new generation winning African medals, including Nigerians competing abroad.

A Nigerian archer at full draw beside a target

Ranked by achievement · checked 29 September 2026

Current archers

  1. 1

    Damilola SholademiFull profile

    Compound · ARCH Archery Club, Abuja; now in Massachusetts, USA

    Nigeria’s most decorated archer: African Championship silver medals in 2022, 2025 and 2026; NAFED Technical Director.

  2. 2

    Faith Adekogbe

    Barebow

    2026 African champion in the women’s barebow team, plus individual and mixed team silver in Oran.

  3. 3

    Aliyu Abubakar

    Compound · national captain

    2025 African Championships silver (individual and team), 2026 team silver; president of Shooters’ Archery Club.

  4. 4

    Seun Emmanuel Oyeleke

    Compound · ZEN Archery Club, Lagos

    Two silver medals at Oran 2026; African Run Archery sprint champion 2025; founder of ZEN Archery.

  5. 5

    Kachollom Enyenihi

    Compound

    Bronze medallist at the 2023 African Championships; NAFED Director of Women Development.

  6. 6

    Hareke Evans

    Compound

    Bronze in compound women at Oran 2026 and silver in the mixed team.

  7. 7

    Mandu Eteidung

    Barebow

    2026 African champion in the women’s barebow team.

  8. 8

    Precious Fanny-Amun

    Barebow

    2026 African champion in the women’s barebow team.

  9. 9

    Tobi Bello

    Recurve · ZEN Archery Club

    Won recurve 70m men at the 2025 ARCH Archery International Open.

Pioneers

  1. 10

    Ladi Alapini

    Recurve · Lekki Archers Club

    Founded Lekki Archers Club in 2017 and represented Nigeria at the Abidjan Grand Prix.

  2. 11

    Adisa Rahmon

    Nigeria Police

    Won the men’s title at the 2015 Archery Training and Invitational Workshop; part of the 2012 bronze-winning team.

  3. 12

    Seun Faleye

    Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps

    Women’s winner in 2015 and the only woman in Nigeria’s Abidjan team.

  4. 13

    Olugbenga Olatunji

    Founder and archer

    Co-founder of Nigerian archery and one of the first coaches on the IOC Solidarity course in 2012.

  5. 14

    Lucky Izekor

    Coach

    Team coach in Abidjan and an IOC Solidarity coaching course graduate (2012).

  6. 15

    Florence Ogunkoya

    Archer

    Member of the team that won Nigeria’s first 2 bronze medals, Cotonou 2012.

More archer profiles are being added. Nigerians competing abroad will also appear in our weekly African Sports News.

From our archive

Nigeria archery players

Some of the Nigerian archers including male and female who had at some time represented the country locally, national and international can be seen below:

Ladi Alapini, Abdulrahman Adisa, Gbenga Olatunji, the only female in the team, Seun Faleye and the team coach Lucky Izekor are the Nigerian archers who represented the country at the top-notch tournament in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Names of archers that participated in 2015 Archery Training & Invitational Workshop and their achievements;

Men’s Category:

1st Sgt Adisa Rahmon, a member of Nigeria Police, scored 60 points

2nd Olatunji Olusegun represented Ogun State scored 50 points and

3rd Position was Olusesi Olamilekan represented Lagos State scored 34 points

4th and 5th positions are newcomers Abraham Komolafe and Oluwole Tijani both are undergraduate students of the University of Lagos, scored 28 points each.

Women’s Category:

1st Faleye Seun, a member of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, scored 55 pts,

2nd Beauty A. Dickson a newcomer and student of University of Lagos scored 44 pts

3rd Aderonke Oludara also scored 26 points while two others could not score any point.

Other talented archers are: Boluji Olatunji and Izekor Lucky, Florence Ogunkoya, Adisa Rahmon and Sunday Ogundeji

Row of archery bows on a range

Nigerians abroad

Nigerian archers in the United States, Canada and Europe

Damilola Sholademi trains and competes in Massachusetts, where he is studying for a PhD at UMass Lowell. He won gold at the USA Archery Northeast Region Indoor Nationals in 2024 and 2025, and still represents Nigeria at African Championships.

We are building a list of archers of Nigerian birth or descent in college archery, British archery and Canadian clubs. If you know one, tell us at info@sitesng.com.

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Quick answers

Nigerian archers: quick answers

Who is the best archer in Nigeria?

Damilola Sholademi, a compound archer, is described by USA Archery as Nigeria’s most decorated archer, with African Championship silver medals in 2022, 2025 and 2026. Faith Adekogbe won Nigeria’s first African title in the women’s barebow team in 2026.

Are there Nigerian archers competing abroad?

Yes. Damilola Sholademi moved to Massachusetts in 2023 to study for a PhD at UMass Lowell. He won gold at the USA Archery Northeast Region Indoor Nationals in 2024 and 2025 while still competing for Nigeria.

Who were Nigeria’s first archery medallists?

The team of Olugbenga (Boluji) Olatunji, Lucky Izekor, Florence Ogunkoya, Adisa Rahmon and Sunday Ogundeji won Nigeria’s first 2 bronze medals at the 4th TIZOCATA tournament in Cotonou in 2012.

Which Nigerian archers are African champions?

Faith Adekogbe, Mandu Eteidung and Precious Fanny-Amun won the women’s barebow team title at the 2026 African Archery Championships in Oran, beating Algeria 5-3.