Naa Anang

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Naa Anang
Personal information
Born (1995-03-10) 10 March 1995 (age 30)
Accra, Ghana [1]
Education Australian Catholic University
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long jump
Coached byGary Bourne [2]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 4×100m relay

Naa Anang (born 10 March 1995) is an Australian athlete specialising in the long jump. [3] She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final. In addition, she won a bronze medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade.

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Her personal best in the event is 6.81 metres set in Sydney in 2019. [4]

Naa Anang was part of the Australian 4 x 100m sprint relay team that finished third at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2011 Commonwealth Youth Games Douglas, Isle of Man 2ndLong jump5.94 m (w)
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 17th (q)Long jump 5.97 m
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea3rdLong jump 6.55 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom22nd (q)Long jump 6.27 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Queensland 9thLong jump 6.22 m
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan6th4 × 100 m relay 44.62
2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England3rd4 × 100 m relay 43.16

Personal bests

EventPBWindVenueDate
100 m11.20s+ 1.3Melbourne, Australia23 February 2023
Long Jump6.81m+1.5Sydney, Australia7 April 2019

References

  1. "2018 CWG bio" . Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. Athletics Australia bio
  3. Naa Anang at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. All-Athletics profile