#skeletonsport

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History Maker | Frimpong Akwasi 🇬🇭 • @IBSFsliding Highest Ranked #African athlete ever in the #IBSF North American Cup Circuit finishing 8th overall in the 2021/2022 IBSF N/A Cup season. Cc @gsportshistory #AkwasiFrimpongOLY #SkeletonSport #checkoutafrica https://www.instagram.com/p/CXtAlY3ssBu/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Mystique Ro - USA Skeleton Sport Athlete - Winter Olympics

"Mystique Ro is an American skeleton racer. She represented the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Ro represented the United States at the IBSF World Championships in 2025 and won a gold medal in the mixed team event, along with Austin Florian. She also won a silver medal in the women's event, becoming the first American to medal in the event since Noelle Pikus-Pace in 2013. She won a gold medal in the 2024 Pan American Championships."

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Simidele Adeagbo - Canadian Nigerian Skeleton Sport Athlete - Winter Olympics

Simidele Adeagbo, born and raised in Canada by Nigerian parents, Adeagbo competed for Nigeria at the 2018 Olympics. "Adeagbo is Nigeria and Africa's first female skeleton athlete. She was the first black female Olympian in the sport. In 2022, she won the woman's mono bob event in the 2022 EuroCup, held in Germany becoming the first athlete from Africa to win an international sled race. Before competing in skeleton, Adeagbo competed in triple jump, last competing in 2008."