Taiwo Aladefa
Taiwo Aladefa-Darden (born December 19, 1974) is a retired Nigerian 100 m hurdler. Attended Alabama A&M university from 1989 till 1993. She is still the school record holder in 100M hurdles (13.19sec) and was 16 times NCAA All American athlete. Taiwo Aladefa was a member of the first historical black college to ever win any NCAA track and field competition (1992). Still ranked amongst the top 10 fastest African 100 M Hurdlers of All times. She won Gold at the 1995 All African games and silver medals at the 1991 All-Africa Games and the 1993 African Championships[1] and won the 1995 All-Africa Games in a new championship record of 12.98 seconds.[2]
She was a member of Nigeria 1996 Olympic team where she competed in 100m Hurdles. Her personal best time is 12.72 seconds, achieved in 1998.[citation needed] 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[3] and won a silver and bronze medal at the All-Africa Games in 1995 and 1999.[2] He graduated from the University of Southern California.
References
- Taiwo Aladefa-Darden profile at IAAF
- ↑ African Championships - GBR Athletics Archived 19 December 2010 at WebCite
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics Archived 15 June 2009 at WebCite
- ↑ Athletics - men's 400 m hurdles - Full Olympians
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