Taiwo Aladefa

Taiwo Aladefa (born 19 December 1974) is a retired Nigerian 100 m hurdler. She attended Alabama A&M university from 1989 until 1993. She is the school record holder in 100M hurdles (13.19sec) and was a 16 time NCAA All American athlete. Aladefa was a member of the first historically black college to ever win any NCAA track and field competition (1992). She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

She is still ranked amongst the top 10 fastest African 100 M Hurdlers of all time. She won gold at the 1995 All African games and silver medals at the 1991 All-Africa Games and the 1993 African Championships[2] and won the 1995 All-Africa Games in a new championship record of 12.98 seconds.[3]

Taiwo Aladefa was honored with Africa Legend in Athletics award in 2011 and also inducted into Alabama A&M University Sports Hall of Fame in August 2012. Her brother Kehinde Aladefa competed in 400 metres hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics[4] and won a silver and bronze medal at the All-Africa Games in 1995 and 1999.[3] He graduated from the University of Southern California.

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Taiwo Aladefa Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. African Championships - GBR Athletics Archived 26 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics Archived 2 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Athletics - men's 400 m hurdles - Full Olympians


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