Seun Adigun
Moriam Seun Adigun is a Nigerian–American chiropractor, bobsledder, and former runner who specialized in the 100 metres hurdles.
Early life and education
Adigun was born in Chicago, USA. As a child she played many sports including flag football and tennis, and participated in basketball and track and field when she was in high school. She got a scholarship to the University of Houston and participated for their women's track and field team for all four of her undergraduate years. She ended her college sports career with a bronze medal at the NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Adigun graduated from Houston with a degree in exercise science with a concentration in health professions and a minor in psychology. She went on to obtain a master's degree in physical education. She also obtained a bachelor's degree in human biology and a doctorate in chiropractic at the Texas Chiropractic College.Sporting career
Adigun is a three-time Nigeria National Champion and two-time African Games Champion. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but did not qualify from her heat. In 2016, she founded the bobsled team. She represented Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics in two-women bobsled, becoming part of the first-ever Winter Olympians from the country. Seun Adigun was the first ever African athlete who participated both in Summer and Winter Olympics. Additionally, the Nigerian bobsled team that she founded was the first African team to participate in bobsled at the Winter Olympics.She has mentored high school students on behalf of the Nigerian Bobsled & Skeleton Federation since 2016. She became a Special Olympics Global Ambassador in 2018, and became a member of the Special Olympics Board of Directors in 2024. In 2024 she hosted a Nigerian heritage celebration with the Houston Rockets.