Nationality Ghanaian Role Olympic athlete Name Alice Annum | Sport Track and Field | |
Born 2 October 1948 (age 76) ( 1948-10-02 ) Event(s) 100m, 200m, 4x100mLong jump Personal best(s) 200 m: 22.9 sec (Christchurch, 1974) | ||
Alice Annum (born 2 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.
Annum was one of many athletes through the defunct National Sports Festivals organised annually in Ghana. She benefited from the sponsorship of Ghanaian athletes by the United States. 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.
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