| Vida Anim | |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
| Birth Date: | 1983 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Accra, Ghana |
| Weight: | 63kg (139lb)[1] |
| Country: | Ghana |
| Sport: | Track and Field |
| Event: | 100 m, 200 m, 4x100 m |
| Pb: | 60 m : 7.18 sec (2004) 100 m: 11.14 sec (2004, NR) 200 m:22.81 sec (2006) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Vida Anim (born 7 December 1983[2] in Accra, Greater Accra) is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.[3] Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4]
Vida Anim represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed second behind Shelly-Ann Fraser in a time of 11.47 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.32 seconds, finishing third behind Debbie Ferguson and Oludamola Osayomi. In the semi-finals she was unable to qualify for the final as her time of 11.51 was only the eighth and last time of her heat, causing elimination.[3]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 8th | 200 m | 23.81 | ||
| 2000 | Algiers, Algeria | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.99 | |
| Sydney, Australia | 9th (sf) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.19 (NR) | |||
| Santiago, Chile | 4th | 100 m | 11.58 (wind: +2.0 m/s) | |||
| 3rd | 200 m | 23.81 (wind: +0.7 m/s) | ||||
| 2002 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 21st (h) | 100 m | 12.27 | ||
| 2003 | Abuja, Nigeria | 3rd | 100 m | 11.29 | ||
| 2nd | 200 m | 23.17 | ||||
| Paris, France | 13th (qf) | 100 m | 11.29 | |||
| 14th (sf) | 200 m | 23.16 | ||||
| 2004 | Budapest, Hungary | 11th (sf) | 60 m | 7.25 | ||
| Athens, Greece | 31st (qf) | 100 m | DNF | |||
| 2005 | Helsinki, Finland | 17th (qf) | 100 m | 11.41 | ||
| 19th (h) | 200 m | 24.16 | ||||
| 2006 | Melbourne, Australia | 12th (sf) | 100 m | 11.51 | ||
| 6th | 200 m | 23.34 | ||||
| Bambous, Mauritius | 1st | 100 m | 11.58 | |||
| 1st | 200 m | 22.90 | ||||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.43 | ||||
| Athens, Greece | 3rd | 100 m | 11.21 | |||
| 3rd | 200 m | 22.81 PB | ||||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.61 | ||||
| 2007 | Algiers, Algeria | 3rd | 100 m | 11.33 | ||
| 2nd | 200 m | 23.29 | ||||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.84 | ||||
| Osaka, Japan | 20th (qf) | 100 m | 11.36 | |||
| 26th (qf) | 200 m | 23.47 | ||||
| 12th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.76 | ||||
| 2008 | Valencia, Spain | 22nd (sf) | 60 m | 7.45 | ||
| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 2nd | 100 m | 11.43 | |||
| 6th (sf) | 200 m | 23.76 | ||||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.12 | ||||
| Beijing, China | 15th (sf) | 100 m | 11.51 | |||
| 2009 | Berlin, Germany | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 11.43 | ||
| 20th (sf) | 200 m | 23.36 | ||||
| 2011 | Maputo, Mozambique | 4th | 100 m | 11.37 | ||
| 2nd | 200 m | 23.06 | ||||
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 18th (sf) | 60 m | 7.36 | |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 43rd (h) | 200 m | 23.71 | ||