Vida Anim (born 7 December 1983) is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah 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.Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Women) – GBR Athletics
Vida Anim represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed second behind Shelly-Ann Fraser in a time of 11.47 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.32 seconds, finishing third behind Debbie Ferguson and Oludamola Osayomi. She was unable to qualify for the final as her time of 11.51 in the semi-finals was only the eighth and last time of her heat.
Competition record Representing 1999All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa8th200 m23.812000African Championships Algiers, Algeria1st4 × 100 m relay43.99Olympic Games Sydney, Australia9th (sf)4 × 100 m relay43.19 (NR)World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile4th100 m11.58 (wind: +2.0 m/s) 3rd200 m23.81 (wind: +0.7 m/s)2002Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom21st (h)100 m12.272003All-Africa Games Abuja, Nigeria 3rd100 m11.29 2nd200 m23.17World Championships Paris, France13th (qf)100 m11.2914th (sf)200 m23.162004World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary11th (sf)60 m7.25Olympic Games Athens, Greece31st (qf)100 mDNF2005World Championships Helsinki, Finland17th (qf)100 m11.4119th (h)200 m24.162006Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia12th (sf)100 m11.516th200 m23.34African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st100 m11.58 1st200 m22.90 1st4 × 100 m relay44.43World Cup Athens, Greece 3rd100 m11.21 3rd200 m22.81 PB 3rd4 × 100 m relay43.612007All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 3rd100 m11.33 2nd200 m23.29 1st4 × 100 m relay43.84World Championships Osaka, Japan20th (qf)100 m11.3626th (qf)200 m23.4712th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.762008World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain22nd (sf)60 m7.45African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2nd100 m11.436th (sf)200 m23.76 2nd4 × 100 m relay44.12Olympic Games Beijing, China15th (sf)100 m11.512009World Championships Berlin, Germany13th (sf)100 m11.4320th (sf)200 m23.362011All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique4th100 m11.37 2nd200 m23.062012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey18th (sf)60 m7.36Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom43rd (h)200 m23.71
Personal bests 60 metres – 7.18 s (2004, indoor) 100 metres – 11.14 s (2004) – national recordGhanaian athletics records 200 metres – 22.81 s (2006) – national record is 22.80 s
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