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Alice Annum

Personal information
Nickname	Baby Jet
Nationality	Ghanaian
Born	(1948-10-20) 20 October 1948 (age 76) Accra
Sport
Country	Ghana
Sport	Track and Field
Event(s)	100m, 200m, 4x100m Long jump
College team	Tennessee
Achievements and titles
Personal best	200 m: 22.9 sec (Christchurch, 1974)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Ghana Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch 200 m 1970 Edinburgh 100 m 1970 Edinburgh 200 m All-Africa Games 1973 Lagos 100 m 1973 Lagos 200 m 1965 Brazzaville Long jump

Alice Annum alias "Baby Jet" (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. She was the first woman to represent Ghana at the Olympics. Since then, Alice has participated in the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo, 1968 in Mexico and the 1972 Olympics held 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 and competed for the University of Tennessee. 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. In 1970, she won silver at the Commonwealth games in both 100 m and 200 m.

Personal life

Alice has 3 children.

International competitions

References

1. "Sporting Witness - Ghana's 'Baby Jet' - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
2. World women's all-time best 200m (last updated 2001)
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alice Annum". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
4. "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
5. "Some influential Ghanaian women in sports". GhanaWeb. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
6. "Minister blames death of sports to collapse of National Sports Festival". ModernGhana.com. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
7. "US, Haven For Ghanaian Athletes". Ghana Home Page. 17 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
8. "Olympedia – Alice Annum".
9. "14 Ex-Black Stars players to be honored". Ghana Home Page. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
10. Vordzogbe, Jean (20 July 1970). Aidoo, George (ed.). Daily Graphic: Issue 6157, July 20 1970. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Communications Group.
11. "Former Sprint Champion Alice Annum Wants Sports Heroes Honoured". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

External links

• Alice Annum at World Athletics
• Alice Annum at Olympedia (archive)
• Alice Annum at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

• USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
• 1948 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Accra
• Ghanaian female sprinters
• Ghanaian female long jumpers
• Olympic athletes for Ghana
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Ghana
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Ghana
• Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
• African Games gold medalists for Ghana
• African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1965 All-Africa Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1973 All-Africa Games
• USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
• Accra Girls Senior High School alumni
• 20th-century Ghanaian sportswomen
• 21st-century Ghanaian women
• Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
• Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field athletes