Yemisi Olatunji

Yemisi Olatunji in our words

Is one of Nigeria best squash players; she is based in Lagos and born in the year 1994 on the 14th of February. She won the women title in the 2017 AGF Abdul-Razaq North Central Invitational Open Squash Classic.

She also played in the Zimbabwe and Namibia Squash Open in 2017 and performed exceedingly well, she also competes in the Calgary Professional Squash Association (PSA) which is a Women’s Championships that was held in Canada 2018 from 8th - 11th of March and she went on to reach a career-high world ranking of 104, the best by any Nigerian woman, before retiring in 2023 to coach.

From Igbara-Odo to the world

Yemisi Olufunmilayo Olatunji was born on 14 February 1994 in Igbara-Odo, Ekiti State. She picked up a racket at ten, in 2004, and after three years of junior success was promoted to the senior ranks at 17.

Nigeria’s most successful woman

She turned professional in 2014 and won national titles again and again between 2013 and 2021, the President Obasanjo Squash Open in 2013 and 2014, the Safeguard Zimbabwe International Open in 2017 and 2018, and gold at the National Sports Festival in 2018 and 2021. Her career-high world ranking of 104 is the best ever by a Nigerian woman.

Coach and mentor

Since retiring in 2023 she has coached full-time. She guided her younger sister Busayo Olatunji to the professional tour and a world ranking of 141, and campaigns for more squash courts across West Africa.