Vida Nsiah

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| event = 100m, 200m, 4x100m
100 m hurdles

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1998 200m — 6th

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| pb = 100m: 11.18 sec
200m: 22.8 sec
100m hurdles: 13.02 sec

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Vida Nsiah (born 13 April 1976) is a retired female track and field sprinter and hurdler from Ghana. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur she finished fifth in the 100 metres and sixth in the 200 metres.[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/commonwealth/1998_w.asp 1998 Commonwealth Games, women's results] - Sporting Heroes

Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Anim she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/cw99.htm Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Women)] - GBR Athletics

Personal bests

  • 100 metres - 11.18 s (2000) - former national record.[http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/AFRIQUE/PLEINAIR/RECGHA.txt Ghanaian athletics records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608102347/http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/AFRIQUE/PLEINAIR/RECGHA.txt |date=June 8, 2007 }}
  • 200 metres - 22.80 s (1997) - national record.
  • 100 metres hurdles - 13.02 s (2001) - national record.

References