Alice Annum

Personal information

Nationality

Ghanaian

Born

2 October 1948

Sport

Country

Ghana

Sport

Track and Field

Event(s)

100m, 200m, 4x100m
Long jump

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

200 m: 22.9 sec (Christchurch, 1974)

Medal record

Representing Ghana
Women's athletics
Commonwealth Games
	1974 Christchurch	200 m
	1970 Edinburgh	100 m
	1970 Edinburgh	200 m
All-Africa Games
	1973 Lagos	100 m
	1973 Lagos	200 m
	1965 Brazzaville	Long jump

Alice Annum (born 2 October 1948 in Accra) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter. Her personal best time in the 200 metres was 22.89 seconds, achieved at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.^[1]

Annum was one of many athletes through the defunct National Sports Festivals organised annually in Ghana.^[2] She benefited from the sponsorship of Ghanaian athletes by the United States.^[3] She competed in the 1964 Olympic Games but did not advance past the preliminary stages in the long jump, placing 28th with a best jump of 5.45 metres.

She was honoured in 2010 for her achievements in sports by the Action Progressive Institute in Ghana.^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
1965	All-Africa Games	Brazzaville, Congo	1st	Long jump
1970	British Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	2nd	100 m
1970	British Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	2nd	200 m
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, Germany	6th	100 m
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, Germany	7th	200 m
1973	All-Africa Games	Lagos, Nigeria	1st	100 m
1973	All-Africa Games	Lagos, Nigeria	1st	200 m
1974	British Commonwealth Games	Christchurch, New Zealand	3rd	200 m

References

Alice Annum profile at IAAF
Sports Reference profile

↑ World women's all-time best 200m (last updated 2001)
↑ "Minister blames death of sports to collapse of National Sports Festival". ModernGhana.com. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
↑ "US, Haven For Ghanaian Athletes". Ghana Home Page. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
↑ "14 Ex-Black Stars players to be honored". Ghana Home Page. 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2011-06-13.

All-Africa Games champions in Women's 100 metres

1965: Olajumoke Bodunrin (NGR) 1973: Alice Anum (GHA) 1978: Hannah Afriyie (GHA) 1987: Tina Iheagwam (NGR) 1991–1995: Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR) 1999: Mercy Nku (NGR) 2003: Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR) 2007–2011: Oludamola Osayomi (NGR) 2015: Marie Josée Ta Lou (CIV)

All-Africa Games champions in women's 200 metres

1973: Alice Anum (GHA) 1978: Hannah Afriyie (GHA) 1987: Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR) 1991: Tina Iheagwam (NGR) 1995: Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR) 1999: Fatima Yusuf (NGR) 2003: Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR) 2007–2011: Oludamola Osayomi (NGR) 2015: Marie Josée Ta Lou (CIV)

All-Africa Games champions in women's long jump

1965: Alice Anum (GHA) 1973–1978: Modupe Oshikoya (NGR) 1987: Beatrice Utondu (NGR) 1991: Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) 1995: Eunice Barber (SLE) 1999: Grace Umelo (NGR) 2003: Esther Aghatise (NGR) 2007: Janice Josephs (RSA) 2011: Blessing Okagbare (NGR) 2015: Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin (CMR)

US National Championship winners in women's 100-meter dash

1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923–1924: Frances Ruppert 1925: Helen Filkey 1926: Rosa Grosse 1927–1928^OT: Elta Cartwright 1929: Betty Robinson 1930: Stella Walsh 1931: Eleanor Egg 1932^OT: Wilhelmina von Bremen 1933: Annette Rogers 1934: not held 1935–1936: Helen Stephens 1937: Claire Isicson 1938: Lula Hymes 1939: Olive Hasenfus 1940–1941: Jean Lane 1942: Alice Coachman 1943–1944: Stella Walsh 1945–1946: Alice Coachman 1947: Juanita Watson 1948: Stella Walsh 1949–1950: Jean Patton 1951: Mary McNabb 1952: Catherine Hardy 1953–1954: Barbara Jones 1955–1956: Mae Faggs 1957: Barbara Jones 1958: Margaret Mathews 1959–1962: Wilma Rudolph 1963: Edith McGuire 1964–1966: Wyomia Tyus 1967: Barbara Ferrell 1968: Margaret Bailes 1969: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TWN) 1971: Iris Davis 1972: Alice Annum (GHA) 1973: Iris Davis 1974: Renaye Bowen 1975: Rosalyn Bryant 1976: Chandra Cheeseborough 1977: Evelyn Ashford 1978: Leleith Hodges (JAM) 1979: Evelyn Ashford

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Alice Brown 1981–1983: Evelyn Ashford 1984–1985: Merlene Ottey (JAM) 1986: Pam Marshall 1987: Diane Williams 1988: Sheila Echols 1989: Dawn Sowell 1990: Michelle Finn 1991: Carlette Guidry 1992^OT: Gwen Torrence

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993–1994: Gail Devers 1995–1996^OT: Gwen Torrence 1997–1998: Marion Jones 1999: Inger Miller 2000^OT: Marion Jones 2001: Chryste Gaines 2002: Marion Jones 2003: Torri Edwards 2004^OT: LaTasha Colander 2005: Me'Lisa Barber 2006: Marion Jones 2007: Torri Edwards 2008^OT: Muna Lee 2009: Carmelita Jeter 2010: Allyson Felix 2011–2012^OT: Carmelita Jeter 2013: English Gardner 2014: Tianna Bartoletta 2015: Tori Bowie 2016^OT: English Gardner

Notes	OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 100 yards until 1927; from 1929-31, 1955, 1957-8, 1961-2, 1965-6, 1969-70 and 1973-4

US National Championship winners in women's 200-meter dash

1926–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1926: Frances Keddie 1927: Ellen Brough 1928^OT: Florence Wright 1929: Maybelle Gilliland 1930–1931: Stella Walsh 1932^OT–1933 Olive Hasenfus 1934: not held 1935: Helen Stephens 1936: Beverly Hobbs 1937: Gertrude Johnson 1938: Fanny Vitale 1939–1940: Stella Walsh 1941: Jean Lane 1942–1948: Stella Walsh 1949–1950: Nell Jackson 1951: Jean Patton 1952: Catherine Hardy 1953: Dolores Dwyer 1954–1956: Mae Faggs 1957: Isabelle Daniels 1958: Lucinda Williams 1959: Isabelle Daniels 1960: Wilma Rudolph 1961: Lacey O'Neal 1962–1963: Vivian Brown 1964–1965: Edith McGuire 1966: Wyomia Tyus 1967: Diana Wilson 1968: Wyomia Tyus 1969: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TWN) 1971: Raelene Boyle (AUS) 1972: Alice Annum (GHA) 1973: Mable Fergerson 1974: Alice Annum (GHA) 1975: Debra Armstrong 1976: Brenda Morehead 1977–1979: Evelyn Ashford

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Karen Hawkins 1981: Evelyn Ashford 1982: Merlene Ottey (JAM) 1983: Evelyn Ashford 1984–1985: Merlene Ottey (JAM) 1986–1987: Pam Marshall 1988: Gwen Torrence 1989: Dannette Young 1990: Grace Jackson (JAM) 1991–1992^OT: Gwen Torrence

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Gwen Torrence 1994: Carlette Guidry-White 1995: Gwen Torrence 1996^OT: Carlette Guidry-White 1997: Inger Miller 1998–2002^OT: Marion Jones 2003: Torri Edwards 2004^OT–2005: Allyson Felix 2006: Rachelle Boone-Smith 2007–2009^OT: Allyson Felix 2010: Connie Moore 2011: Shalonda Solomon 2012^OT: Allyson Felix 2013: Kimberlyn Duncan 2014: Jeneba Tarmoh 2015: Jenna Prandini 2016^OT: Tori Bowie

Notes	OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 220 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957-8, 1961-3, 1965-6, 1969-70 and 1973-4

US National Championship winners in women's 60-meter dash

1927–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1927: Rosa Grosse (CAN) 1928: Katherine Mearls 1929–32: Mary Carew 1933: Pearl Young 1934: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1935–7: Helen Stephens 1938–40: Not held 1941: Jean Lane 1942–4: Not held 1945–6: Alice Coachman 1947: Not held 1948: Juanita Watson 1949–50: Dolores Dwyer 1951: Catherine Hardy 1952: Dolores Dwyer 1953–4: Mabel Landry 1955–8: Isabelle Daniels 1959–60: Wilma Rudolph 1961–3: Willye White 1964: Debbie Thompson 1965–7: Wyomia Tyus 1968–9: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1971: Pat Hawkins 1972–3: Iris Davis 1974: Theresa Montgomery 1975: Alice Annum (GHA) 1976: Lisa Hopkins 1977–8: Brenda Morehead 1979: Evelyn Ashford

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–3: Evelyn Ashford 1984–5: Alice Brown 1986: Jeanette Bolden 1987: Anelia Nuneva (BUL) 1988: Evelyn Ashford & Gwen Torrence 1989: Gwen Torrence 1990–2: Michelle Finn

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Gail Devers 1994–6: Gwen Torrence 1997: Gail Devers 1998: Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 1999: Gail Devers 2000: Carlette Guidry-White 2001–2: Chryste Gaines 2003: Angela Williams 2004: Gail Devers 2005: Angela Daigle 2006: Me'Lisa Barber 2007: Hasani Roseby 2008: Angela Williams 2009: Me'Lisa Barber 2010: Carmelita Jeter 2011: Alexandria Anderson 2012: Tianna Madison 2013: Barbara Pierre 2014–15: Tianna Bartoletta 2016: Barbara Pierre

Notes	Distances have varied as follows: 40 yards (1927–1932), 50 meters (1933–54), 50 yards (1956–64), 60 yards (1965–86), 55 meters (1987–1990)

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