(1981-07-29) July 29, 1981 (age 42) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight
65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country
Nigeria
United States
Sport
Track & Field
Skeleton
Events
Triple Jump
Skeleton
University team
University of Kentucky
Coached by
Nick Vienneau
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
20th (Pyeongchang 2018)
Regional finals
2022 Woman's Monobob World Series; UK Scholar Athlete of the Year, 2003 Indoor Southeastern Triple Jump Champion
National finals
Olympic Trials Finalist 2004 & 2008 (Triple Jump), 4 Time NCAA all American in
the Triple Jump and Academic All-American,
Highest world ranking
74
Personal best(s)
Track and Field (Triple Jump) 13.99m (June 27 th , 2008)
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Simidele Adeife Omonla Adeagbo,OLY[1] (born July 29, 1981, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)[2] is a Nigerian skeleton racer who competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She is Nigeria and Africa's first female skeleton athlete. She was the first black female Olympian in the sport. In 2022, she won the woman's mono bob event in the 2022 EuroCup, held in Germany. In so doing, she became the first athlete from Africa to win an international sled race.[3] Before competing in skeleton, Adeagbo competed in triple jump, last competing in 2008.
^Olympians: Olympians for Life – website of the WOA
^"Sleigh, Simidele Adeagbo, Sleigh". Nike. 9 January 2018.
^"Nigeria's Adeabgo becomes first African to win international sled race". ESPN.com. 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
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