Ade Adepitan

Adedoyin Olayiwola "Ade" Adepitan (born 27 March 1973) is a Nigerian-British wheelchair basketball player and television presenter.
Life.
As a presenter, he has presented many travel documentaries and sport programmes for BBC television. Adepitan is an award-winning disability advocate. He is one of the UK's first physically disabled television presenters, with a career about 21 years. 
Early life.
Adepitan was born in Lagos. When he was a baby, he contracted polio, which caused damage to his legs that made him a wheelchair user. At the age of three, he moved with his family to the UK. This is where he grew up in East London. 
Works.
Sports.
Becoming a wheelchair basketball player, he was part of the British team that played at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He obtained a bronze medal. Involved in many charities promoting access to sport for disabled people, in 2005 he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to sport for the disabled. 
Television.
During the 2000s, Adepitan began appearing on British television. His first appearances included as an actor in the shows Casualty and Desperados. He also went on to present for sports programs during the 2000s. Beginning in the 2010s, he appeared more and presented in travel documentaries and television specials. At first he worked for episodes of the series Unreported World of Channel 4, then for BBC Africa with Ade Adepitan, and Children In Need.