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Andrew Wiggins is the son of two notable athletes. His mother, Marita Payne-Wiggins, was born in the Bahamas before moving to Toronto with her family at the age of nine. An accomplished track and field sprinter who attended Florida State University, she was a 21-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) All-American and eight-time champion. She won medals at the Commonwealth Games (silver in 1982, gold in 1986) and Pan American Games (1983, 1987). She made her Olympic debut at the 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles, capturing silver medals in both the 4X100m relay and 4X400m relay races. She also represented Canada at the 1988 Olympic Summer Games in Seoul. In 2014, she was inducted into the Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame.
Marita met Wiggins’s father, Mitchell, at Florida State, where he was a standout collegiate basketball player and All-American honourable mention (1982, 1983). Born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, Wiggins was a member of Team USA at the 1982 FIBA World Championships, where he helped win a silver medal. In 1983, he was selected 23rd overall by the Indiana Pacers in the NBA draft. He played in several leagues around the world during his career. Upon retirement as a player, he settled with Marita in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan, where they raised six children.