Abeiku Jackson
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| Full name | Abeiku Gyekye Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 April 2000[1] Accra, Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Roman Ridge School | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 50m and 100m freestyle 50m and 100m butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Abeiku Gyekye Jackson (also spelled Abeku, born 12 April 2000 in Accra) is a Ghanaian swimmer specialising in the 50 and 100 metre butterfly. 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 Kwesi Abbiw Jackson and younger brother Kow Asafua Jackson 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
[edit]Individual
[edit]Long course
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Ghana | |||||
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games |  Glasgow, Great Britain | 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 |  Kazan, Russia | 70th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 24.72 |
| 98th (h) | 100 m freestyle | 56.94 | |||
| 55th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 26.41 | |||
| 2016 | Olympic Games |  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 55th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 24.30 |
| 2017 | World Championships |  Budapest, Hungary | - | 100 m freestyle | DNS |
| - | 50 m butterfly | DNS | |||
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games |  Gold Coast, Australia | 24th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.47 |
| 16th (sf) | 50 m butterfly | 24.86 | |||
| 15th (sf) | 100 m butterfly | 54.79 | |||
| African Championships |  Algiers, Algeria | 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 |  Buenos Aires, Argentina | 15th (sf) | 50 m butterfly | 24.90 | |
| 18th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.52 | |||
| 2019 | World Championships |  Gwangju, South Korea | 50th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.85 |
| 47th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.94 | |||
| African Games |  Casablanca, Morocco | 10th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.57 | |
| 7th | 50 m butterfly | 24.50 | |||
| 9th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 55.20 | |||
| 2021 | Olympic Games |  Tokyo, Japan | 45th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 53.39 |
| African Championships | Accra, Ghana | 2nd | 50 m butterfly | 24.18 | |
| 3rd | 100 m butterfly | 53.98 | |||
| 2022 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 37th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.11 |
| 44th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.67 | |||
| Commonwealth Games | Smethwick, Great Britain | 23rd (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.62 | |
| 17th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.19 | |||
| 12th (sf) | 100 m butterfly | 53.79 | |||
| African Championships |  Tunis, Tunisia | 2nd | 50 m butterfly | 24.08 | |
| 1st | 100 m butterfly | 53.89 | |||
| 2023 | World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 48th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.14 |
| 42nd (h) | 100 m butterfly | 53.73 | |||
| 2024 | World Championships |  Doha, Qatar | 36th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 24.29 |
| 38th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 54.28 | |||
| African Games | Accra, Ghana | 10th (h) | 50 m freestyle | 23.59 | |
| 2nd | 50 m butterfly | 24.23 | |||
| 3rd | 100 m butterfly | 53.80 | |||
| BRICS Games | Kazan, Russia | 3rd | 50 m butterfly | 23.87 | |
| 3rd | 100 m butterfly | 53.08 | |||
Short course
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Ghana | |||||
| 2014 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 100th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 26.78 |
| 79th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 59.94 | |||
| 2016 | World Championships |  Windsor, Canada | - | 50 m freestyle | DNS |
| - | 50 m butterfly | DNS | |||
| 2022 | World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | 50th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 23.87 |
| 34th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 52.36 | |||
Relay
[edit]Long course
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Ghana | |||||
| 2019 | World Championships | Gwangju, South Korea | 31st (h) | 4 × 100 m mixed medley | 4:21.40 |
| 2024 | African Games | Accra, Ghana | 7th | 4 × 100 m freestyle | 3:37.05 |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle | 3:42:97 | |||
| 5th | 4 × 100 m mixed medley | 4:09.33 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rio 2016: Abeku Gyekye Jackson athlete profile". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ 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 5 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Abeiku Gyekye Jackson: making Olympics history". thebftonline.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Swimming JACKSON Abeku". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Abeku Jackson at World Aquatics
- Abeku Gyekye Jackson at Swimrankings.net
- Abeku Gyekye Jackson at Olympics.com
- Abeku Gyekye Jackson at Olympic.org (archived)
- Abeiku Jackson at Olympedia
- Abeiku Jackson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Abeiku Jackson at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Abeku Jackson at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
