Vida Anim

Vida Anim

Anim in 2009
Personal information
Nationality	Ghanaian
Born	(1983-12-07) 7 December 1983 (age 42) Accra, Ghana
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	63 kg (9.9 st; 139 lb) [1]
Sport
Country	Ghana
Sport	Track and Field
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60 m : 7.18 sec (2004) 100 m: 11.14 sec (2004, NR) 200 m:22.81 sec (2006)
Medal record Representing   Ghana Women's athletics IAAF Continental Cup 2006 Athens 100 m 2006 Athens 200 m 2006 Athens 4x100 m African Championships 2006 Bambous 100 m 2006 Bambous 200 m 2006 Bambous 4x100 m 2008 Addis Ababa 100 m 2008 Addis Ababa 4x100 m All-Africa Games 2007 Algiers 4x100 m 2003 Abuja 200 m 2007 Algiers 200 m 2011 Maputo 200 m 2003 Abuja 100 m 2007 Algiers 100 m World Junior Championships 2000 Santiago 200 m

Vida Anim (born 7 December 1983 ^[2] ) is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. ^[3] Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. ^[4]

Vida Anim represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed second behind Shelly-Ann Fraser in a time of 11.47 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.32 seconds, finishing third behind Debbie Ferguson and Oludamola Osayomi. In the semi-finals she was unable to qualify for the final as her time of 11.51 was only the eighth and last time of her heat, causing elimination. ^[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Ghana
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	8th	200 m	23.81
2000	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.99
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	43.19 (NR)
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	4th	100 m	11.58 (wind: +2.0 m/s)
			3rd	200 m	23.81 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	21st (h)	100 m	12.27
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	3rd	100 m	11.29
			2nd	200 m	23.17
	World Championships	Paris, France	13th (qf)	100 m	11.29
			14th (sf)	200 m	23.16
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (sf)	60 m	7.25
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	31st (qf)	100 m	DNF
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	17th (qf)	100 m	11.41
			19th (h)	200 m	24.16
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	12th (sf)	100 m	11.51
			6th	200 m	23.34
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	100 m	11.58
			1st	200 m	22.90
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.43
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	3rd	100 m	11.21
			3rd	200 m	22.81 PB
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.61
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	100 m	11.33
			2nd	200 m	23.29
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.84
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	20th (qf)	100 m	11.36
			26th (qf)	200 m	23.47
			12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.76
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	22nd (sf)	60 m	7.45
	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2nd	100 m	11.43
			6th (sf)	200 m	23.76
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.12
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	15th (sf)	100 m	11.51
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	13th (sf)	100 m	11.43
			20th (sf)	200 m	23.36
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	4th	100 m	11.37
			2nd	200 m	23.06
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	18th (sf)	60 m	7.36
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	43rd (h)	200 m	23.71

Personal bests

• 60 metres – 7.18 s (2004, indoor)
• 100 metres – 11.14 s (2004) – national record ^[5]
• 200 metres – 22.81 s (2006) – national record is 22.80 s

References

1. "Vida Anim". Official website of London 2012 Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
2. "Vida ANIM | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
3. "Athlete biography: Vida Anim". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
4. Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Women) – GBR Athletics
5. Ghanaian athletics records Archived 8 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Vida Anim at World Athletics

Olympic Games
Preceded by Andrew Owusu	Flagbearer for   Ghana 2008 Beijing	Succeeded by Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong