Ade Adepitan biography
Ade Adepitan is a renowned British Journalist currently working at BBC Channel 4. In addition he is famous for being an award winning Wheelchair Basketball Player. As a person with a physical disability, he uses his talents to inspire a lot of people, and his success is a true definition of disability is not inability. Losing his ability to walk never stopped his ambitions and that’s why today he has stand out as one of the most influential people globally.
How old is Ade Adepitan?
As of 2024 Adepitan is 51 years old. His real name being Adedoyin Olayiwola Adepitan he was born on 27 March 1973.
What is Adepitan’s Nationality?
The wheelchair basketball player is British. However, he has a Nigerian ancestry since its where he was born in a place named Maryland, Lagos. Him becoming British was as a result of her parents relocating to United Kingdom when he was a toddler aged 3 years.
Ade Adepitan Education
The presenter is an alumna of Southern Road Primary School in Plaistow, England and as for the secondary education he studied from Lister Community School.
Ade Adepitan Parents
Adepitan’s was born a son to Christianah Adejokeh and Ajibola Olusola in Lagos, Nigeria. His father used to live in London Borough of Newham where he had relocated in search of greener pastures in order to nurture his family. Later when Ade attained the age of three they also relocated following his father in London and that’s where he grew up.
What is Ade Adepitan Disability?
Adepitan suffered Polio at the age of 15 months, which severely affected his left leg losing his ability to walk.
Who is Ade Adepitan’s Wife?
Adepitan is a married man to his lovely wife Linda Harrison. The duo exchanged vows in 2018 after a while of dating. They had first met in 2010, in an Awards ceremony. Despite the critics of their 17 years age gap nothing was going to stop the charming couple to become a thing. His wife is a Scottish Singer whose stage name is Elle Exxe.
Does Ade Adepitan Have a Child?
Adepitan is a father of one. He and his wife welcomed their first born son on 4 January 2021.
Career
Adepitan came to the limelight as a Wheelchair Basketball Player. He says that it is sports that gave him purpose and has a lot of achievements through it. Him getting into sports, he says he was motivated by two physiotherapists after seeing him racing through the streets on a trolley being pushed by his friends. They advised him to get himself in wheelchair Basketball an advice he took seriously. He even applied for national team and got rejected 6 times but still didn’t lose hope he kept trying until he got the chance.
His love for sports led to a fallout between him and his father for ten years because his dad felt like he was wasting his time but they reconciled after his success. In 2004, he won a bronze medal and in 2005 he participated in Paralympic World cup in Manchester and won a Gold medal. At BBC his primary roles has been presenting travel documentaries and sports programs.
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