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Alice Annum

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Alice Annum
Personal information
NicknameBaby Jet
NationalityGhanaian
Born (1948-10-20) 20 October 1948 (age 76)
Accra
Sport
CountryGhana
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)100m, 200m, 4x100m
Long jump
College teamTennessee
Achievements and titles
Personal best200 m: 22.9 sec (Christchurch, 1974)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ghana
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Christchurch 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1970 Edinburgh 100 m
Silver medal – second place 1970 Edinburgh 200 m
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1973 Lagos 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1973 Lagos 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1965 Brazzaville Long jump

Alice Annum alias "Baby Jet"[1] (born 20 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.[2][3] She was the first woman to represent Ghana at the Olympics.[4] Since then, Alice has participated in the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo, 1968 in Mexico and the 1972 Olympics held in Munich.[5]

Annum was one of many athletes through the defunct National Sports Festivals organised annually in Ghana.[6] She benefited from the sponsorship of Ghanaian athletes by the United States[7] and competed for the University of Tennessee.[8] 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.[9] In 1970, she won silver at the Commonwealth games in both 100 m and 200 m.[10]

Personal life

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Alice has 3 children.[11]

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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

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  1. ^ "Sporting Witness - Ghana's 'Baby Jet' - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ World women's all-time best 200m (last updated 2001)
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alice Annum". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Some influential Ghanaian women in sports". GhanaWeb. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Minister blames death of sports to collapse of National Sports Festival". ModernGhana.com. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  7. ^ "US, Haven For Ghanaian Athletes". Ghana Home Page. 17 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Olympedia – Alice Annum".
  9. ^ "14 Ex-Black Stars players to be honored". Ghana Home Page. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  10. ^ Vordzogbe, Jean (20 July 1970). Aidoo, George (ed.). Daily Graphic: Issue 6157, July 20 1970. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Communications Group.
  11. ^ "Former Sprint Champion Alice Annum Wants Sports Heroes Honoured". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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