Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (born 5 July 1998) is a Nigerian badminton player.^[3] She has shown 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 title 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.^[4][5]

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Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan
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Country	Nigeria
Born	(1998-07-05) 5 July 1998 (age 25) Ogun, Nigeria[1]
Residence	Abeokuta, Ogun, Nigeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)[2]
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	77 (WS 11 February 2020) 82 (WD 17 September 2019) 132 (XD 17 July 2014)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Nigeria African Games 2019 Rabat Mixed team 2019 Rabat Women's singles 2019 Rabat Women's doubles 2023 Accra Women's singles 2023 Accra Women's doubles African Championships 2019 Port Harcourt Women's singles 2019 Port Harcourt Women's doubles 2019 Port Harcourt Mixed team 2013 Rose Hill Mixed team 2014 Gaborone Mixed team 2018 Algiers Women's singles 2020 Cairo Women's singles 2020 Cairo Women's doubles 2014 Gaborone Women's singles 2014 Gaborone Mixed doubles 2017 Benoni Women's singles 2017 Benoni Women's doubles 2017 Benoni Mixed team 2024 Cairo Women's doubles Africa Team Championships 2018 Algiers Women's team 2024 Cairo Women's team African Youth Games 2014 Gaborone Girls' singles 2014 Gaborone Girls' doubles 2014 Gaborone Mixed team
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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.^[6] In June, she won Lagos International tournament in women's doubles events.^[7]

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.^[2]

In 2021, she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[8][9]

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.^[10] At the 2023 African Games in Ghana, she Adesokan won two bronze medals in the women's singles and doubles event partnering Obanishola.^[11]