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Nigeria bobsled team
SportBobsledding
Founded2016
LeagueInternational Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
Division
  • Federation: Bobsled and Skeleton Federation of Nigeria
  • Country: Nigeria bobsled team Nigeria
  • NOC: Nigeria bobsled team Nigeria
ChairmanSeun Adigun
ManagerSeun Adigun
Members
  • Seun Adigun
  • Ngozi Onwumere
  • Akuoma Omeoga

The Nigeria bobsled team or Nigerian bobsleigh team, represents Nigeria in bobsledding. The first team was established in 2016 by Seun Adigun, as a women's team for the 2-women event. In 2017, they qualified to be the first Nigerians at the Winter Olympics, and first Africans in bobsled at the Winter Olympics.[1]

  1. ^ Jaime Lowe (6 March 2018). "The First African Team to Compete in Bobsled". New York Times.

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