Onyema Adigida

Onyema Adigida (born 7 January 2000) is a Dutch sprinter. He is a four-time national champion and won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships.

Career Adigida won his first national medal in 2016, finishing 3rd at the Dutch U18 Championships over 100 m. The following year, he won the 200 m U18 indoor championships and outdoor U18 titles over both 100 m and 200 m. After winning 60 m and 200 m indoor U18 championships in 2018, he placed 2nd at the 2018 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships over 200 m. He advanced to the semi-finals, where he ran 21.10 to place 3rd in his heat and did not make the finals.

Adigida won 2019 Dutch U20 championships over 60 m and 200 m and then won the 200 m at the 2019 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships. He won 100 m and 200 m Dutch U20 outdoor titles that year and qualified for the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships. At the European U20 championships, he ran 21.08 seconds over 200 m to win the gold medal, beating event favorite Aaron Sexton.

Adigida won two additional Dutch indoor 200 m titles at the 2020 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships and 2021 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships. Outdoors, he was 3rd at the 2021 Dutch Athletics Championships 200 m and qualified for the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships, where he was 5th in the 200 m finals.