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. 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

  1. ↑ African Championships - GBR Athletics Archived 19 December 2010 at WebCite
  2. 1 2 All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics Archived 15 June 2009 at WebCite
  3. ↑ Athletics - men's 400 m hurdles - Full Olympians



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