Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (born 5 July 1998) is a Nigerian badminton player. She showed her talent at a young age, by winning two gold medals at the 2014 African Youth Games. In 2019, she won the women's singles and doubles titles at the African Championships. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, by achieving the best women's singles ranking on the African continent in the Race to Tokyo rankings.

Career In 2014, she won bronze medals at the African Championships in the women's singles and mixed doubles event, and silver medal in the mixed team event. In June, she won Lagos International tournament in women's doubles events.

In 2019, she competed at the African Games, won a mixed team gold, also two silver medals in the women's singles and doubles events.

In 2021, she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

In 2024, Adesokan competed at the African Championships in Cairo, Egypt. She managed to win the bronze medal in the women's doubles with a new partner, Sofiat Arinola Obanishola. Meanwhile, in the women's team, she also claimed the bronze medal after losing to Ugandan in the semi-finals. At the 2023 African Games in Ghana, she Adesokan won two bronze medals in the women's singles and doubles event partnering Obanishola.

Achievements

African Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2019 Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco Johanita Scholtz 19–21, 18–21 Silver 2023 Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana Husina Kobugabe 8–21, 19–21 Bronze

Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center,Casablanca, Morocco Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh Doha Hany Hadia Hosny 9–21, 16–21 Silver 2023 Borteyman Sports Complex,Accra, Ghana Sofiat Arinola Obanishola Halla Bouksani Tanina Mammeri 17–21, 16–21 Bronze

African Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2014 Lobatse Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana Grace Gabriel 4–21, 15–21 Bronze 2017 John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa Hadia Hosny 21–13, 19–21, 13–21 Bronze 2018 Salle OMS Harcha Hacéne, Algiers, Algeria Kate Foo Kune 16–21, 19–21 Silver 2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Kate Foo Kune 21–12, 21–13 Gold 2020 Cairo Stadium Hall 2, Cairo, Egypt Kate Foo Kune 19–21, 16–21 Silver

Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 John Barrable Hall,Benoni, South Africa Zainab Momoh Doha Hany Hadia Hosny 4–21, 26–24, 18–21 Bronze 2019 Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre,Port Harcourt, Nigeria Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh Amin Yop Christopher Chineye Ibere 21–14, 20–22, 21–17 Gold 2020 Cairo Stadium Hall 2,Cairo, Egypt Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh Doha Hany Hadia Hosny 14–21, 17–21 Silver 2024 Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex,Cairo, Egypt Sofiat Arinola Obanishola Husina Kobugabe Gladys Mbabazi 21–18, 19–21, 18–21 Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Lobatse Stadium,Gaborone, Botswana Ola Fagbemi Willem Viljoen Michelle Butler Emmett 17–21, 16–21 Bronze

African Youth Games Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2014 Otse Police College, Gaborone, Botswana Janke van der Vyver 21–12, 21–15 Gold

Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Otse Police College,Gaborone, Botswana Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh Shaama Sandooyea Aurélie Allet 21–15, 21–15 Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 5 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2017 Benin International Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh 21–7, 21–18 Winner 2018 Côte d'Ivoire International Chineye Ibere 21–10, 21–12 Winner 2018 Zambia International Ogar Siamupangila 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2018 South Africa International Domou Amro 22–20, 21–12 Winner 2019 Cameroon International Sorayya Aghaei 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2019 Zambia International Doha Hany 20–22, 21–18, 21–18 Winner

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Kenya International Grace Gabriel Bridget Shamim Bangi Margaret Nankabirwa 21–18, 21–9 Winner 2013 Mauritius International Grace Gabriel Elme de Villiers Sandra le Grange 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2014 Uganda International Augustina Ebhomien Sunday Tosin Damilola Atolagbe Fatima Azeez 21–14, 9–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2014 Lagos International Maria Braimoh Tosin Damilola Atolagbe Fatima Azeez 21–19, 22–20 Winner 2017 Benin International Tosin Damilola Atolagbe Peace Orji Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh 21–18, 16–21, 21–12 Winner 2019 Ghana International Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh K. Maneesha Rutaparna Panda 11–21, 11–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Nigeria International Ola Fagbemi Enejoh Abah Tosin Damilola Atolagbe 21–12, 21–17 Winner 2014 Uganda International Ola Fagbemi Enejoh Abah Tosin Damilola Atolagbe 15–21, 21–10, 21–18 Winner 2014 Nigeria International Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu Susan Ideh 11–8, 4–11, 11–7, 10–11, 8–11 Runner-up 2018 Côte d'Ivoire International Clement Krobakpo Kalombo Mulenga Ogar Siamupangila 21–9, 21–15 Winner 2018 Zambia International Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik Domou Amro 21–19, 23–21 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

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