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| Birth name | Simidele Adeife Omonla Adeagbo |
| Nationality | |
| Born | July 29, 1981 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
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| 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.