Alice Annum
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Nationality | Ghanaian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 2 October 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) |
100m, 200m, 4x100m Long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 200 m: 22.9 sec (Christchurch, 1974) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alice Annum (born 2 October 1948 in Accra) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter. Her personal best time in the 200 metres was 22.89 seconds, achieved at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.[1]
Annum was one of many athletes through the defunct National Sports Festivals organised annually in Ghana.[2] She benefited from the sponsorship of Ghanaian athletes by the United States.[3] She competed in the 1964 Olympic Games but did not advance past the preliminary stages in the long jump, placing 28th with a best jump of 5.45 metres.
She was honoured in 2010 for her achievements in sports by the Action Progressive Institute in Ghana.[4]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1965 | All-Africa Games | Brazzaville, Congo | 1st | Long jump | |
1970 | British Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | 2nd | 100 m | |
2nd | 200 m | ||||
1972 | Olympic Games | Munich, Germany | 6th | 100 m | |
7th | 200 m | ||||
1973 | All-Africa Games | Lagos, Nigeria | 1st | 100 m | |
1st | 200 m | ||||
1974 | British Commonwealth Games | Christchurch, New Zealand | 3rd | 200 m |
References
- Alice Annum at IAAF
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Alice Annum". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ World women's all-time best 200m (last updated 2001)
- ↑ "Minister blames death of sports to collapse of National Sports Festival". ModernGhana.com. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ↑ "US, Haven For Ghanaian Athletes". Ghana Home Page. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ↑ "14 Ex-Black Stars players to be honored". Ghana Home Page. 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
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