Gifty Mensah

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

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

  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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