Abeiku Jackson

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 Kwesi Abbiw Jackson and younger brother Kow Asafua Jackson are also swimmers.[2][3]

Abeiku Jackson
Personal information
Full nameAbeiku Gyekye Jackson
Born (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000[1]
Accra, Ghana
EducationRoman Ridge School
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
Event(s)50m and 100m freestyle
50m and 100m butterfly
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Ghana
African Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Accra50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place2021 Accra100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2022 Tunis100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place2022 Tunis50 m butterfly

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

Long course
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ghana
2014 Commonwealth Games United Kingdom 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 Russia 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 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 55th (h) 50 m freestyle 24.30
2017 World Championships Hungary Budapest, Hungary - 100 m freestyle DNS
- 50 m butterfly DNS
2018 Commonwealth Games Australia 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 Algeria 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 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina 15th (sf) 50 m butterfly 24.90
18th (h) 100 m butterfly 54.52
2019 World Championships South Korea Gwangju, South Korea 50th (h) 50 m butterfly 24.85
47th (h) 100 m butterfly 54.94
African Games Morocco Casablanca, Morocco 10th (h) 50 m freestyle 23.57
7th 50 m butterfly 24.50
9th (h) 100 m butterfly 55.20
2022 African Championships Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia 2nd 50 m butterfly 24.08
1st 100 m butterfly 53.89

Short course
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ghana
2014 World Championships Qatar Doha, Qatar 100th (h) 50 m butterfly 26.78
79th (h) 100 m butterfly 59.94
2016 World Championships Canada Windsor, Canada - 50 m freestyle DNS
- 50 m butterfly DNS

Long course
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ghana
2019 World Championships South Korea Gwangju, South Korea 31st (h) 4 × 100 m mixed medley 4:21.40

References
  1. "Rio 2016: Abeku Gyekye Jackson athlete profile". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. "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.
  3. "Abeiku Gyekye Jackson: making Olympics history". thebftonline.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  4. "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.
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