The Most Famous
BADMINTON PLAYERS from Nigeria
This page contains a list of the greatest Nigerian Badminton Players. The pantheon dataset contains 117 Badminton Players, 1 of which were born in Nigeria. This makes Nigeria the birth place of the 37th most number of Badminton Players behind Sri Lanka, and Suriname.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Nigerian Badminton Players of all time. This list of famous Nigerian Badminton Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (b. 1998)
With an HPI of 25.74, Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan is the most famous Nigerian Badminton Player. Her biography has been translated into 10 different languages on wikipedia.
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.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Nigerian badminton players born between 1998 and 1998. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Nigerian badminton players include Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan. As of April 2024, 1 new Nigerian badminton players have been added to Pantheon including Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan.
