Hannah Afriyie

Hannah Afriyie
Personal information
Nationality Ghanaian
Born (1951-12-21) December 21, 1951[1]
Height 1.65 m (5.4 ft)
Weight 52.0 kg (114.6 lb)
Sport
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]

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 Lagos, Nigeria.

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

  1. 1 2 "Hannah Afriyie". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  2. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games:Women's 100 metres Quarter-Finals". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  3. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games:Women's 200 metres Quarter-Finals". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  4. "WEST AFRICAN GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

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