Hannah Afriyie Explained

Hannah Afriyie
Nationality:Ghanaian
Birth Date:21 December 1951[1]
Height:1.65m (05.41feet)
Weight:52kg (115lb)
Country:Ghana
Sport:Track and field
Event:100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m
Olympics:1972
Pb:100m: 11.47 (1978)
200m: 23.01 (1978)

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hannah Afriyie . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/af/hannah-afriyie-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2011-06-13 . Sports Reference LLC.
  2. Web site: Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games:Women's 100 metres Quarter-Finals . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052635/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/womens-100-metres-quarter-finals.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-06-13 . Sports Reference LLC.
  3. Web site: Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games:Women's 200 metres Quarter-Finals . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052637/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/womens-200-metres-quarter-finals.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-06-13 . Sports Reference LLC.
  4. Web site: WEST AFRICAN GAMES . 2011-06-13 . Athletics Weekly .