Anisha Gibbons (born 26 September 2004) is a Guyanese track and field athlete. She is a national champion and national record holder in the javelin throw.[1]
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| Nationality | Guyanese | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Javelin: 51.27m (Lubbock, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editGibbons attended New Mexico Junior College near Hobbs, New Mexico, United States on a scholarship to study business.[2][3]
Career
editGibbons won the CARIFTA Games U17 category in 2019.[4] After the victory she was donated a new Javelin by the National Sports Commission after reports circulated that she had been practising using a 45 year-old Javelin.[5]
Gibbons set a new national record throw of 45.37 metres in Leonora, Guyana on 3 April 2022. She won the CARIFTA U20 event in 2022 in Kingston, Jamaica.[6] She became Guyanese senior national champion in June 2022.[7]
Gibbons extended her national record with a 51.27 metres throw in Lubbock, Texas, United States in March 2023.[8][9] She retained her CARIFTA Games U20 title in Nassau, Bahamas in 2023 with a distance of 47.96 metres.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Anisha Gibbons". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Toney, Rawle (March 9, 2023). "Anisha Gibbons doubtful for CARIFTA Games". Kaieteurnewsonline. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Harvey, Newton and Gibbons headline Guyana's CARIFTA Track and Field team". Newsroom Guyana. March 23, 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "CARIFTA GAMES: Anisha Gibbons lands Guyana's second gold". Newsroom Guyana. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "NSC donates javelin to CARIFTA gold medallist". Guyana Times. May 2, 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "50th CARIFTA Games". Guyana Chronicle. April 10, 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Guyana Championships". World Athletics. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Masked Rider Open". World Athletics. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Javelin Gold for Anisha Gibbons, 3000m silver for Attoya Harvey". Kaieteurnewsonline. April 10, 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Gibbons bags third successive javelin gold". Stabroeknews. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Levy, Leighton (April 9, 2023). "Guyana's Gibbons defends javelin title, Jamaica's Johnson wins shot put gold on Day 2 at Carifta 50". SportsMax. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
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