Hannah Afriyie (born 21 December 1951) is a retired Ghanaian track and field athlete. She won two gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres sprints at the 1978 All-Africa Games held in Algiers.
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| Nationality | Ghanaian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 1951[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5.4 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52.0 kg (114.6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ghana | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic finals | 1972 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.47 (1978) 200m: 23.01 (1978)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Afriyie reached the quarter finals of the 100 metres and the 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
In the 1977 West African games in Lagos, she won the silver medal in the 100 metres.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hannah Afriyie". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games:Women's 100 metres Quarter-Finals". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games:Women's 200 metres Quarter-Finals". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ "WEST AFRICAN GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
External links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hannah Afriyie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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