JACKSON Abeku

Ghana

Swimming

Date of Birth: 12 Apr 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: ACCRA

Birth Country:

Ghana

Place of residence : KAZAN

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Butterfly

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (24.30)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	15th (24.90)	H (54.52)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly	100Fly	4x100Medley X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	-	H (24.85)	H (54.94)	H (4:21.40)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	H (DNS)	H (DNS)	-	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (24.72)	-	H (26.41)	-	-

African Games

Year	Location	50Free	50Fly	100Fly
2019	Casablanca, MAR	H (23.57)	7th (24.50)	H (55.20)

African Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly	100Fly
2018	Algiers, ALG	8th (23.97)	8th (53.44)	5th (24.68)	5th (55.18)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	50Fly
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (DNS)	H (DNS)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

Abey (kuulpeeps.com, 14 Apr 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

GH Dolphins [Ghana]

Coach:

Dan Opare

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Kwesi Abbiw Jackson and younger brother Kow Assifuah Jackson have also represented Ghana in swimming. His father has served as coach of Ghanaian swimming club GH Dolphins, and as a national swimming coach. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Jul 2021; kuulpeeps.com, 14 Apr 2016; allsports.com.gh, 23 May 2013; ghana.news24.com, 25 Jul 2016)

Debut:

2011 for Ghana, in Germany (gpbediaku.wordpress.com, 11 May 2013)

Start:

He took up swimming at age three and began competing at age five. (kuulpeeps.com, 14 Apr 2016; citifmonline.com, 20 Jul 2014)

Reason:

His father was afraid of the water but decided to overcome his fear in 2003. He enrolled himself and his sons into swimming lessons. "It's a family thing." (ghana.news24.com, 25 Jul 2016)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win a medal at the Olympic Games. (abcnewsgh.com, 07 Feb 2020; thefinderonline.com, 07 Aug 2018)

Hero:

US swimmer Michael Phelps. (ghanaweb.info, 01 Jun 2015)

Philosophy:

"Chlorine is the breakfast for champions." (Twitter profile, 07 Jun 2013)

Award:

He was named the Discovery of the Year at the 2013 Sports Writers Association of Ghana [SWAG] Awards. (kuulpeeps.com, 14 Apr 2016)

General Interest

General
EXPERIENCE ABROAD
As the recipient of a scholarship from the International Swimming Federation [FINA], he spent time training in Kazan, Russian Federation, in 2021. "Getting the opportunity to train in Russia is the best opportunity I could get at this specific time during the coronavirus period." (ug.edu.gh, 01 Jul 2021; ghheadlines.com, 02 Feb 2021)

Milestones

He became the first male swimmer to represent Ghana at the Olympic Games after participating at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (adomonline.com, 05 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 18 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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