Seun Adigun (born 3 January 1987, Chicago, Illinois is a Nigerian-American bobsledder and track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not qualify from her heat.
In 2016, she founded the Nigerian bobsled team; she represented Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics in 2-women bobsled.
She is the niece of former American basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon.
Behind the historic sledge is driver Seun Adigun, a Nigerian American born on the 3rd of January, 1987 in North Side of Chicago to Nigerian parent from Surulere, Lagos State.
She grew up playing every sport she could get her hands on from flag football to tennis. Adigun earned a scholarship to the University of Houston, where she had a degree in exercise science with a concentration in health professions and a minor in psychology.
Before her role in Bobsled, she once dreamed of becoming the first woman in the NBA, but instead, she gained much attention as a Nigerian track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100m hurdles held in London but did not qualify.
In 2016, not only did she spearhead the Nigeria Bobsled operation but also used her intuitive and keen senses to recruit her teammates; Ngozi and Akuoma.
For her, the journey as a bobsledder began in a Texas garage where she constructs a makeshift wooden sledge that has now brought her limelight to be among the first African women to achieve such great feat.
But, as she puts it: “Fear is just another opportunity to learn.” Her hobbies include; cooking, dancing, singing and playing brain teasers.
