Sukurat Aiyelabegan

Sukurat Aiyelabegan (born 21 January 2006) is a Nigerian female Table tennis player who is ranked 345 in the Women's Singles category in the International Table Tennis Federation . Sukurat has participated in various tournaments at the national, regional, continental, and world championship levels, including both youth and senior stages, such as: World Junior Championship in Thailand (2019), World Cadet Championship in Poland (2019), All African Games Ghana (2024), African Cup Table Tennis Championships in Lagos (2022), WTT Contender Lagos (2023 & 2024) and WTT Youth Contender San Francisc24).
==Education==
Sukurat Aiyelabegan's educational journey commenced at Khadijah Memorial Group of Schools, Adeta, Ilorin. She subsequently attended Mandate Junior Secondary School, Ilorin, before completing her secondary education at Government Day Secondary School, Adewole Estate, Ilorin, Kwara State.
Currently, she is pursuing her undergraduate studies at Ekiti State University in affiliation with Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Directorate of Undergraduate Studies.
==Early Career==
Sukurat Aiyelabegan began playing table tennis at the age of 8 in 2014, following in the footsteps of her father, Kehinde Aiyelabegan, a former table tennis player and coach for the Kwara State Table Tennis team. Her table tennis career commenced in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, under her father's guidance.
Sukurat won her first medal at the National School Sports Festival in 2015, claiming a her first Gold Medal. The following year, she also won a Gold Medal in the Girls' Singles event at the National Youth Games in Kwara, 2016.
==Titles==
Sukurat Aiyelabegan has participated and won various titles at both national, regional, continental, and world table tennis events, some of which include: Daniel Ford Youth Table Tennis Championship, National Table Tennis Championship, All African Games, African Cup Table Tennis Championship, Aruna Table Tennis Championship, Renewed Hope National Championship, ITTF Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championship, Chinese New Year Tournament, etc.
Year	Tournament 	Postion 	Category
2024	WTT Youth Contender San Francisco 	Quarter Finalist	Girls Singles
2024	Nscdc Commandant General's open Table Tennis National Championship 	First Runner up 	Women's Singles
2024	WTT Contender Lagos State 	Round 32 	Women's Singles
2024	All African Games Ghana 	First Runner up 	Team
2023	Renewed Hope National Championship 	First Runner up 	Women's Singles
2023	Denial Ford int'l Elite Youth Invitation Table Tennis Championship Top 16	Winner 	Girl's Singles
2023	3rd Aruna Table Tennis Championship Lagos 	Winner 	Women's Singles
2023	National Table Tennis Championship Otan Aiyegbaju 	Winner 	Singles and Mixed Doubles
2022	2nd Edition of senior Advocate Cup Table Tennis Tournament, Kaduna 	Winner 	Women's Singles
2022	Africa Cup Table Tennis Championship, Lagos 	First Runner up 	Team
2022	2nd Pastor Osazuwa Table Tennis Festival, Edo 	Second Runner up	Women's Singles
2022	Osun Table Tennis Championship 	First Runner up 	Women's Singles
2021	Aso Table Tennis Championship, Abuja 	First Runner up 	Women's Singles
2019	Africa Cup Lagos 	Second Runner up	Team
2019	Wold Cadet Championship Poland 	Round 16 	Singles
2019	World Junior Championship, Thailand 	round 16 	Singles
2019	Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championship, Ghana 	First Runner 	Singles
2018	Chinese New Year Tournament 	Winner 	Singles
Category:2006 births
Category:Nigerian people
Category:People from Ilorin
Category:Female table tennis players