Abeiku Jackson

Abeiku Jackson
Abeiku Jackson in 2024
Personal information
Full nameAbeiku Gyekye Jackson
Born (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 24)[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 place 2021 Accra 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Accra 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tunis 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tunis 50 m butterfly

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]

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  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.