Nigerian Table Tennis star Funke Oshonaike escapes death by whiskers in car crash

By Kayode Ogundare

Seven-time Olympian and Nigeria’s Queen of Table Tennis Funke Oshonaike on Wednesday in Berlin, Germany escaped what could have been a fatal accident when her car crashed on a road trip.

Oshonaike, based in Germany where she plays professional Table Tennis, took to her Facebook page to announce the shocking news.

She wrote:

HE SAVED ME🙏🏽
What can I say or write⁉️
I am still in pain , shock and traumatized 😞😭!
Thank God that no RIP is written on my picture ❗️

Thank you God for giving me another chance to live, for making me see my kids again.

Though my new baby car got destroyed completely , but God saved me. I know that He will stop all this storms in my life that didn’t take my life away now and give me back my real laughter soon. I know He will sure surprise me and bless me more soon🙏🏽.

I will forever be grateful to God for saving me🙏🏽 #celebratelife #celebrateME #greatfulheart #rejoice

The crash…

The 46-year old former African Champion entered the record books when she made a seventh appearance at the Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

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