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Nickname | Baby Jet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ghanaian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Accra | 20 October 1948||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100m, 200m, 4x100m Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 200 m: 22.9 sec (Christchurch, 1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Alice has 3 children. [11]
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 |
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