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Full name | Abeiku Gyekye Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Accra, Ghana | 12 April 2000 |||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Roman Ridge School | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 50m and 100m freestyle 50m and 100m butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Abeiku Gyekye Jackson (also spelled Abeku, born 12 April 2000 in Accra) is a Ghanaian swimmer specialising in the 50 and 100 metre butterfly. He competed in the 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly, and 100m butterfly at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He holds Ghanaian national records in 13 disciplines, including freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke events over distances from 50 to 400 metres. [2] His older brother Kwesi Abbiw Jackson and younger brother Kow Asafua Jackson are also swimmers. [2] [3]
Jackson represented Ghana in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] Jackson and female swimmer Kaya Forson, who competed in the 200 metre freestyle in Rio, became the first Ghanaians ever to compete in swimming at the Olympic Games. [3]
He competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ghana | |||||
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, Great Britain | 44th (h) | 100 m freestyle | 56.47 |
33rd (h) | 50 m butterfly | 27.21 | |||
31st (h) | 100 m butterfly | 1:01.40 | |||
2015 | World Championships | Kazan, Russia | 70th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 24.72 |
98th (h) | 100 m freestyle | 56.94 | |||
55th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 26.41 | |||
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 55th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 24.30 |
2017 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | - | 100 m freestyle | DNS |
- | 50 m butterfly | DNS | |||
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 24th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.47 |
16th (sf) | 50 m butterfly | 24.86 | |||
15th (sf) | 100 m butterfly | 54.79 | |||
African Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 8th | 50 m freestyle | 23.97 | |
8th | 100 m freestyle | 53.44 | |||
5th | 50 m butterfly | 24.68 | |||
5th | 100 m butterfly | 55.18 | |||
Youth Olympic Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 15th (sf) | 50 m butterfly | 24.90 | |
18th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.52 | |||
2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | 50th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.85 |
47th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.94 | |||
African Games | Casablanca, Morocco | 10th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.57 | |
7th | 50 m butterfly | 24.50 | |||
9th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 55.20 | |||
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 45th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 53.39 |
African Championships | Accra, Ghana | 2nd | 50 m butterfly | 24.18 | |
3rd | 100 m butterfly | 53.98 | |||
2022 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 37th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.11 |
44th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.67 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Smethwick, Great Britain | 23rd (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.62 | |
17th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.19 | |||
12th (sf) | 100 m butterfly | 53.79 | |||
African Championships | Tunis, Tunisia | 2nd | 50 m butterfly | 24.08 | |
1st | 100 m butterfly | 53.89 | |||
2023 | World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 48th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.14 |
42nd (h) | 100 m butterfly | 53.73 | |||
2024 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 36th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.29 |
38th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.28 | |||
African Games | Accra, Ghana | 10th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.59 | |
2nd | 50 m butterfly | 24.23 | |||
3rd | 100 m butterfly | 53.80 | |||
BRICS Games | Kazan, Russia | 3rd | 50 m butterfly | 23.87 | |
3rd | 100 m butterfly | 53.08 |
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ghana | |||||
2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 100th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 26.78 |
79th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 59.94 | |||
2016 | World Championships | Windsor, Canada | - | 50 m freestyle | DNS |
- | 50 m butterfly | DNS | |||
2022 | World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | 50th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 23.87 |
34th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 52.36 |
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ghana | |||||
2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | 31st (h) | 4 × 100 m mixed medley | 4:21.40 |
2024 | African Games | Accra, Ghana | 7th | 4 × 100 m freestyle | 3:37.05 |
4th | 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle | 3:42:97 | |||
5th | 4 × 100 m mixed medley | 4:09.33 |
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