Vida Anim
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| Born | 7 December 1983 Accra, Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (9.9 st; 139 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60 m : 7.18 sec (2004) 100 m: 11.14 sec (2004, NR) 200 m:22.81 sec (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vida Anim (born 7 December 19834 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4]
Vida Anim represented
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 |
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Representing  Ghana
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| 1999 | All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa
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8th | 200 m | 23.81 |
| 2000 | African Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.99 |
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia
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9th (sf) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.19 (NR) | |
| World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile
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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
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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
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13th (qf) | 100 m | 11.29 | |
| 14th (sf) | 200 m | 23.16 | |||
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary
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11th (sf) | 60 m | 7.25 |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece
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31st (qf) | 100 m | DNF | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland
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17th (qf) | 100 m | 11.41 |
| 19th (h) | 200 m | 24.16 | |||
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia
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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
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3rd | 100 m | 11.21 | |
| 3rd | 200 m | 22.81 PB | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.61 | |||
| 2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria
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3rd | 100 m | 11.33 |
| 2nd | 200 m | 23.29 | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.84
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| World Championships | Osaka, Japan
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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
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22nd (sf) | 60 m | 7.45 |
| African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2nd | 100 m | 11.43 | |
| 6th (sf) | 200 m | 23.76 | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.12
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| Olympic Games | Beijing, China
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15th (sf) | 100 m | 11.51 | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany
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13th (sf) | 100 m | 11.43 |
| 20th (sf) | 200 m | 23.36 | |||
| 2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique
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4th | 100 m | 11.37 |
| 2nd | 200 m | 23.06 | |||
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey
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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
- ^ "Vida Anim". Official website of London 2012 Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "Vida ANIM | Profile | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the originalon 6 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Women) – GBR Athletics
- ^ Ghanaian athletics records Archived 8 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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