Nigerian roots: his father is Nigerian; he studied at the University of Michigan.
2021First Nigerian Olympic gymnast
GoldPommel horse, 2019 African Games
58thTokyo all-around
Nigeria’s first Olympic gymnast.
Also bronze on the parallel bars at the 2019 African Games.
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Jade Faulkner
Rhythmic · Women
Born 21 December 1993, Coventry, England
Nigerian roots: switched from Great Britain to represent Nigeria.
2012GB Olympian
2018Commonwealth Games
33.800Points, Gold Coast
First Nigerian woman in rhythmic gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games.
Now a rhythmic gymnastics coach in Doha, Qatar.
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Tayo Fakiyesi
Artistic · Men
Nigeria
Nigerian roots: a Nigerian international.
2018Commonwealth Games
NGRNational team
MenArtistic
Represented Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
One of Nigeria’s senior male gymnasts of the late 2010s.
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Tony Asuquo
Coach
Nigeria
Nigerian roots: Nigeria’s first certified gymnastics coach.
6Bronze medals, 2007
3rdOf 17 teams
2007Singapore
Led Nigeria at the 2007 Prime International in Singapore.
A pioneer of Nigerian gymnastics coaching.
From our archive
Nigerian gymnastics Hall of Fame
There are some Nigerian gymnasts who have made the country proud, they have competed in many gymnastic tournaments and championships and have made unexpected performances which the country can boast of, some of the gymnasts includes;
Jade Faulkner is a rhythmic gymnastics competitor born on the 21st day of December 1993.
She was born and brought up in the city of Coventry, West Midlands, England; she represented Great Britain in the team event at the London 2012 Olympics and then Nigeria at the 2018 Commonwealth Games after changing nation representation.
Jade Faulkner is the first Nigeria gymnasts that made a score that lifted the country in the world gymnastics map at the Commonwealth Games in Australia billed from April 4th to 15th, 2018. She scored a total of 33.800 points after four rotations.
Tayo Fakiyesi
A Nigeria professional gymnast who represents the country in gymnastic competitions. He represented the country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, held in April.
Uche Eke
Is also another popular name in the sports of gymnastics; he won gold on the pommel horse for Nigeria at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco, the first Nigerian gymnast to win African Games gold, and in 2021 became Nigeria’s first Olympic gymnast at Tokyo 2020. He is based in the United States of America and has competed in many gymnastics championships.
Other Nigerian gymnast includes Sefiya Turku, Kaima Ihedioha, Amaka Asemota, Iveren Herlger, Daniela Asemota, Nnfonmma Bassey, Whitney Coffi-Spiff, Asemota Gabriella, Mohammed Haliru, Emeka Ekezie, Helen Ocheke and more.
Uche Eke, Nigeria’s first Olympic gymnast (Tokyo 2020) and 2019 African Games pommel horse champion.
Are there Nigerian-heritage gymnasts abroad?
Yes. Uche Eke was born in Maryland, USA, to a Nigerian father, and Jade Faulkner was born in Coventry, England, before both chose to represent Nigeria.
