Ade Adepitan

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Topics:

• Inspirational
• Motivation & Teamwork
• Sport

Having survived polio as a youngster, Ade Adepitan has gone on to play wheelchair basketball at an international level and has a wealth of Tv presenting experience. He is a keen motivational and sporting conference speaker inspiring all audiences that he speaks to.

Television Presenter

Ade works as a very enthusiastic television presenter for the BBC. He has hosted shows including Xchange on the CBBC Channel and has reported for Sportsround and the travel show Holiday. He also appeared on the BBC One "Hip-Hop" ident as the lead dancer.

In 2006 Adepitan was in a CBBC drama Desperados about wheelchair basketball.

Olympic Athlete

Ade was a member of the Great Britain team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens and the gold medal at the 2005 Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.

Ade also commentated on wheelchair basketball for the BBC at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.

MBE

Ade was made a Member of the British Empire for services to disability sport in 2005.  Ade is Patron of disability sport charity, WheelPower, who are based at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the birthplace of the Paralympics.

Honorary Doctorate

Ade was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of the University, from Loughborough University in recognition of his outstanding services to, and performances in, disabled sport.

Motivational Speaker

As a motivational speaker, Ade is much in demand in the corporate sector, coving numerous topics including adversity, success, peak performance and teamwork.

For further information or to book Ade Adepitan, call us on +44 (0) 20 8365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk