Bolaji continues para-badminton domination, wins third international gold medal of 2025

Eniola Bolaji has won gold medal in the women’s SL3 category of the Spanish Para-badminton International II 2025.

The 19-year-old defeated Turkey’s Hamil Yildiz 2-0 in the event’s final on Sunday in Toledo, Madrid.

Bolaji eased past her opponent with a 21-7 victory in the first set followed by 21-10 in the final round of the one-sided final, which lasted only 24 minutes.

The victory was the teenager’s second international tournament triumph in a week.

She won the level two of the Spanish Para-badminton International tournament on March 9.

Bolaji had also won a gold medal at the global para-badminton championship held in Cairo, Egypt, at the end of January.

Over the past two years, Bolaji has participated in 12 international championships, winning all of them.

In a tweet celebrating her latest triumph, Bolaji reflected on how 2025 has been “incredibly good” to her.

She added that “disability is not an inability to achieve greatness”.

Bolaji has been winning international para-badminton competitions since she was 16. In 2021, she became the first African athlete to win the Spanish para-badminton championship.

At the 2024 Paralympics, Bolaji won a bronze medal for Nigeria — it was the country’s first laurel at the games.