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Place of Birth: Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
About Cecilia Offiong
- Cecilia Otu Offiong (born 13 June 1986 in Calabar, Cross River) is a Nigerian table tennis player.
- She won two gold medals, along with her partner Offiong Edem, in the women's doubles at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.
- As of February 2013, Offiong is ranked no.
- 452 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
- She is a member of the table tennis team for Calabar Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Obisanya Babatunde.
- Offiong is also right-handed, and uses the shakehand grip.Offiong made her official debut, as an 18-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed in both singles and doubles tournaments.
- For her first event, the women's singles, Offiong defeated Brazil's LÃgia Silva in the preliminary round, before losing out her next match to North Korea's Kim Yun-Mi, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.
- Offiong also teamed up with her partner Offiong Edem in the women's doubles, where they lost the first round match to Russian duo Oksana Fadeyeva and Galina Melnik, receiving a final set score of 3–4.Four years after competing in her first Olympics, Offiong qualified for her second Nigerian team, as a 22-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing third from the All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and receiving a continental spot for Africa in the women's team under ITTF's Computer Team Ranking List.
- Offiong joined with her fellow players and Olympic veterans Olufunke Oshonaike and Bose Kaffo for the inaugural women's team event.
- She and her team placed fourth in the preliminary pool round against Singapore, United States, and the Netherlands, receiving a total of three points and three straight losses.
- In the women's singles, Offiong lost the preliminary round match to Australia's Miao Miao, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.
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