Abeiku Jackson
Personal information | |
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Full name | Abeiku Gyekye Jackson |
Born | [1] Accra, Ghana | 12 April 2000
Education | Roman Ridge School |
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Event(s) | 50m and 100m freestyle 50m and 100m butterfly |
Abeiku Gyekye Jackson (also spelled Abeku, born 12 April 2000 in Accra) is a Ghanaian swimmer specialising in the 50 metre freestyle. 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.[2] His older brother and younger brother are also swimmers.[2][3]
Jackson represented Ghana in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] 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.[3]
He competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Competition record[]
Individual[]
Long course[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2014 | Commonwealth Games | ![]() |
44th (h) | 100 m freestyle | 56.47 |
33rd (h) | 50 m butterfly | 27.21 | |||
31st (h) | 100 m butterfly | 1:01.40 | |||
2015 | World Championships | ![]() |
70th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 24.72 |
98th (h) | 100 m freestyle | 56.94 | |||
55th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 26.41 | |||
2016 | Olympic Games | ![]() |
55th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 24.30 |
2017 | World Championships | ![]() |
- | 100 m freestyle | DNS |
- | 50 m butterfly | DNS | |||
2018 | Commonwealth Games | ![]() |
24th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.47 |
16th (sf) | 50 m butterfly | 24.86 | |||
15th (sf) | 100 m butterfly | 54.79 | |||
African Championships | ![]() |
8th | 50 m freestyle | 23.97 | |
8th | 100 m freestyle | 53.44 | |||
5th | 50 m butterfly | 24.68 | |||
5th | 100 m butterfly | 55.18 | |||
Youth Olympic Games | ![]() |
15th (sf) | 50 m butterfly | 24.90 | |
18th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.52 | |||
2019 | World Championships | ![]() |
50th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.85 |
47th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.94 | |||
African Games | ![]() |
10th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.57 | |
7th | 50 m butterfly | 24.50 | |||
9th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 55.20 |
Short course[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2014 | World Championships | ![]() |
100th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 26.78 |
79th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 59.94 | |||
2016 | World Championships | ![]() |
- | 50 m freestyle | DNS |
- | 50 m butterfly | DNS |
Relay[]
Long course[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2019 | World Championships | ![]() |
31st (h) | 4 × 100 m mixed medley | 4:21.40 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Rio 2016: Abeku Gyekye Jackson athlete profile". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ a b "Meet Abeiku Jackson: The 15 year old swimmer with 33 gold medals leading the Ghana swim team to the Olympics". kuulpeeps.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ a b "Abeiku Gyekye Jackson: making Olympics history". thebftonline.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ "Swimming JACKSON Abeku - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
External links[]
- Abeiku Jackson at the Commonwealth Games Federation
- Abeku Gyekye Jackson at the International Olympic Committee
- Abeiku Gyekye Jackson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Ghana
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2019 African Games
- African Games competitors for Ghana