Hannah Afriyie

Hannah Afriyie

Personal information
Nationality	Ghanaian
Born	(1951-12-21) 21 December 1951 (age 72)[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]
Medal record Representing  Ghana Women's athletics All-Africa Games 1978 Algiers 100 m 1978 Algiers 200 m

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.

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. "Hannah Afriyie". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "WEST AFRICAN GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

External links

• 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.