Simi Adeabgo: First African Winner in Sled
Nigeria’s Simi Adeabgo becomes the first African to win an international sled race at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Women’s Monobob World Series, 2022.
So unexpected was Simidele Adeagbo’s victory in the women’s monobob at the Europe Cup in Germany that Nigeria’s first-ever Winter Olympian had to make use of her own flag at the podium presentation.
Adeagbo made history in 2018 when she took part in the Skeleton competition at the Winter Olympics in South Korea, becoming not only the first Nigerian to compete at the Winter Olympics but also the first African to compete in that event.
Ghana’s Akwasi Frimpong was the first African to win a skeleton race, but at a regional event in the USA in 2020.
Adeagbo made further history this weekend when she became the first African, male or female, to win an international sled race, after topping the podium in Winterberg.
Wow! This is indeed impressive….kudos to her and her team…
Nicccceee… Congrats to her