Abeiku Jackson Explained

Abeiku Jackson
Fullname:Abeiku Gyekye Jackson
Birth Date:12 April 2000
Birth Place:Accra, Ghana
Height:170cm
Sport:Swimming
Event:50m and 100m freestyle
50m and 100m butterfly
Education:Roman Ridge School

Abeiku Gyekye Jackson (also spelled Abeku, born 12 April 2000 in Accra) is a Ghanaian swimmer specialising in the 50 and 100 metre butterfly. He competed in the 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly, and 100m butterfly at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He holds Ghanaian national records in 13 disciplines, including freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke events over distances from 50 to 400 metres. His older brother Kwesi Abbiw Jackson and younger brother Kow Asafua Jackson are also swimmers.

Jackson represented Ghana in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Jackson and female swimmer Kaya Forson, who competed in the 200 metre freestyle in Rio, became the first Ghanaians ever to compete in swimming at the Olympic Games.

He competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1]

Competition record

Individual

Long course

Representing
2014Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Great Britain44th (h)100 m freestyle56.47
33rd (h)50 m butterfly27.21
31st (h)100 m butterfly1:01.40
2015World Championships Kazan, Russia70th (h)50 m freestyle24.72
98th (h)100 m freestyle56.94
55th (h)50 m butterfly26.41
2016Olympic Gamesalign=left Rio de Janeiro, Brazil55th (h)50 m freestyle24.30
2017World Championships Budapest, Hungary-100 m freestyleDNS
-50 m butterflyDNS
2018Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia24th (h)50 m freestyle23.47
16th (sf)50 m butterfly24.86
15th (sf)100 m butterfly54.79
African Championships Algiers, Algeria8th50 m freestyle23.97
8th100 m freestyle53.44
5th50 m butterfly24.68
5th100 m butterfly55.18
Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires, Argentina15th (sf)50 m butterfly24.90
18th (h)100 m butterfly54.52
2019World Championships Gwangju, South Korea50th (h)50 m butterfly24.85
47th (h)100 m butterfly54.94
African Games Casablanca, Morocco10th (h)50 m freestyle23.57
7th50 m butterfly24.50
9th (h)100 m butterfly55.20
2021Olympic Gamesalign=left Tokyo, Japan45th (h)100 m butterfly53.39
African Championships Accra, Ghanabgcolor=silver2nd50 m butterfly24.18
bgcolor=bronze3rd100 m butterfly53.98
2022World Championships Budapest, Hungary37th (h)50 m butterfly24.11
44th (h)100 m butterfly54.67
Commonwealth Games Smethwick, Great Britain23rd (h)50 m freestyle23.62
17th (h)50 m butterfly24.19
12th (sf)100 m butterfly53.79
African Championships Tunis, Tunisiabgcolor=silver2nd50 m butterfly24.08
bgcolor=gold1st100 m butterfly53.89
2023World Championships Fukuoka, Japan48th (h)50 m butterfly24.14
42nd (h)100 m butterfly53.73
2024World Championships Doha, Qatar36th (h)50 m butterfly24.29
38th (h)100 m butterfly54.28
African Games Accra, Ghana10th (h)50 m freestyle23.59
bgcolor=silver2nd50 m butterfly24.23
bgcolor=bronze3rd100 m butterfly53.80
BRICS Games Kazan, Russiabgcolor=bronze3rd50 m butterfly23.87
bgcolor=bronze3rd100 m butterfly53.08

Short course

Representing
2014World Championships Doha, Qatar100th (h)50 m butterfly26.78
79th (h)100 m butterfly59.94
2016World Championships Windsor, Canada-50 m freestyleDNS
-50 m butterflyDNS
2022World Championships Melbourne, Australia50th (h)50 m butterfly23.87
34th (h)100 m butterfly52.36

Relay

Long course

Representing
2019World Championshipsalign=left Gwangju, South Korea31st (h)4 × 100 m mixed medley4:21.40
2024African Games Accra, Ghana7th4 × 100 m freestyle3:37.05
4th4 × 100 m mixed freestyle3:42:97
5th4 × 100 m mixed medley4:09.33

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming JACKSON Abeku. dead. 2021-08-09. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. https://web.archive.org/web/20210718111336/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1380695-jackson-abeku.htm . 2021-07-18 .