Anisha Gibbons Explained

Anisha Gibbons
Nationality:Guyanese
Sport:Athletics
Event:Javelin
Birth Date:26 September 2004
Pb:Javelin: 51.27m (Lubbock, 2023)

Anisha Gibbons (born 26 September 2004) is a Guyanese track and field athlete. She is a national champion and national record holder in the javelin throw.[1]

Early life

Gibbons attended New Mexico Junior College near Hobbs, New Mexico, United States on a scholarship to study business.[2] [3]

Career

Gibbons won the CARIFTA Games U17 category in 2019.[4] After the victory she was donated a new Javelin by the National Sports Commission after reports circulated that she had been practising using a 45 year-oldJavelin.[5]

Gibbons set a new national record throw of 45.37 metres in Leonora, Guyana on 3 April 2022. She won the CARIFTA U20 event in 2022 in Kingston, Jamaica.[6] She became Guyanese senior national champion in June 2022.[7]

Gibbons extended her national record with a 51.27 metres throw in Lubbock, Texas, United States in March 2023.[8] [9] She retained her CARIFTA Games U20 title in Nassau, Bahamas in 2023 with a distance of 47.96 metres.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anisha Gibbons. World Athletics. 30 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Rawle. Toney. Anisha Gibbons doubtful for CARIFTA Games. Kaieteurnewsonline. March 9, 2023. 30 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Harvey, Newton and Gibbons headline Guyana's CARIFTA Track and Field team. Newsroom Guyana. 30 May 2024. March 23, 2023.
  4. Web site: CARIFTA GAMES: Anisha Gibbons lands Guyana's second gold. Newsroom Guyana. 30 May 2024. 17 April 2022.
  5. Web site: NSC donates javelin to CARIFTA gold medallist. Guyana Times. 30 May 2024. May 2, 2019.
  6. Web site: Guyana Chronicle. 30 May 2024. 50th CARIFTA Games. April 10, 2023.
  7. Web site: Guyana Championships. World Athletics. 30 May 2024. 24 June 2022.
  8. Web site: Masked Rider Open. World Athletics. 30 May 2024. 24 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Javelin Gold for Anisha Gibbons, 3000m silver for Attoya Harvey. April 10, 2023. Kaieteurnewsonline. 30 May 2024.
  10. Web site: Gibbons bags third successive javelin gold. Stabroeknews. 30 May 2024. 10 April 2023.
  11. Web site: Guyana's Gibbons defends javelin title, Jamaica's Johnson wins shot put gold on Day 2 at Carifta 50. SportsMax. 30 May 2024. Leighton. Levy. April 9, 2023.

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