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Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda is a member of the following lists: Sportspeople from Alberta, 1996 births and University of Lethbridge alumni.

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Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda (born 15 May 1996) is a former Eritrean-Canadian alpine skier turned bobsledder. Abeda competed for Eritrea at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. Abeda became the first athlete to compete for Eritrea at the Winter Olympics. He finished 61st in the Giant Slalom event, and did not finish the first run of the Slalom event. Abeda's parents fled the Eritrean War of Independence in the 1980s and emigrated to Canada. Abeda also represented the country at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria. Abeda announced his intentions to take the 2018/2019 season off and attend university after the 2018 Winter Olympics Games. He hinted that he would return for the 2022 Winter Olympics games, but also at the possibility of retirement. On July 22, 2019 Abeda officially retired from Alpine and stated that he will compete in bobsleigh instead.