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.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/taiwo-aladefa-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103920/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/taiwo-aladefa-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Taiwo Aladefa Olympic Results |accessdate=30 September 2017}}

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[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm African Championships] - GBR Athletics {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226115712/http://gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm |date=26 December 2010 }} and won the 1995 All-Africa Games in a new championship record of 12.98 seconds.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afg.htm All-Africa Games] - GBR Athletics {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602123213/http://gbrathletics.com/ic/afg.htm |date=2 June 2009 }}

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[http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/stathmh4.html#1996 Athletics - men's 400 m hurdles] - Full Olympians and won a silver and bronze medal at the All-Africa Games in 1995 and 1999. He graduated from the University of Southern California.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}