Suraju Saka (born 5 May 1976, in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

) is a

n table tennis player. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the Men's singles, but was defeated in the first round. He also went out in the first round at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. Suraju is distinct on the African Table Tennis Scene as the only Male Singles player since 1968 to win the African Table Tennis Championships not representing either Egypt or Nigeria, having won the 2008 Championships representing Republic of the Congo.

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* Republic of the Congo table tennis players 1976 births Living people Olympic table tennis players of the Republic of Congo Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics African Games silver medalists for the Republic of the Congo African Games medalists in table tennis African Games bronze medalists for the Republic of the Congo Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2015 African Games Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Nigeria Table tennis players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Nigerian male table tennis players {{RCongo-tabletennis-bio-stub