Onyema Adigida

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Onyema Adigida is a Dutch sprinter from Amsterdam who specializes in the 200 metres. He is a four-time Dutch national champion and won the European Under-20 title in the 200 metres in 2019. His personal best for the 200 m is 20.35 seconds, set in 2024.

Adigida earned his first national medal in 2016, finishing third in the Dutch U18 100 metres. In 2017 he won the U18 indoor 200 m and the outdoor U18 titles in both the 100 m and 200 m. In 2018 he claimed the indoor U18 titles in 60 m and 200 m, and finished second in the 200 m at the Dutch Indoor Championships. At the 2018 World U20 Championships, he set the Dutch U20 200 m record with 21.04 seconds in the first round and finished in the semi-finals with 21.10, narrowly missing the final.

The 2019 season was a big breakthrough: Adigida won the Dutch U20 indoor titles in 60 m and 200 m, then the outdoor U20 titles in the 100 m and 200 m. He also won the 200 m at the Dutch Indoor Championships and went on to win the European U20 200 m with 21.08, defeating the favorite Aaron Sexton. He added more Dutch indoor 200 m titles in 2020 and 2021.

Outdoor results followed with a third place at the 2021 Dutch Championships in the 200 m, and a fifth-place finish in the European U23 200 m final. In 2022 he was third in the Netherlands’ 200 m, and in 2023 he finished seventh in the 60 m at the Dutch Indoor Championships. Before the 2024 Dutch Championships he was sidelined by a hernia, but he then ran a personal best of 20.35 s to win the national title. He was selected for the Dutch 4 × 100 m relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics, leading off the team to a time of 38.48 s and finishing eighth in their heat.

In 2025, Adigida again led off the Dutch 4 × 100 m team at the World Athletics Relays, finishing third in the World Championship qualifying heat but failing to finish the repechage.

Personal life: Adigida hails from Amsterdam. He is friends with British sprinter Jeremiah Azu. He enjoys riding motorcycles and once traveled from the Netherlands to Padua, Italy, after a coaching change.