Taiwo Aladefa

Taiwo Aladefa (born 19 December 1974) is a retired Nigerian 100 m hurdler.

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).

[3] 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[4] and won a silver and bronze medal at the All-Africa Games in 1995 and 1999.