Monica Afia Twum (born 14 March 1978) is a female track and field sprinter from Ghana. Together with Mavis Akoto, Vida Anim 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.https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/monica-afia-twum
Twum was an All-American sprinter for the TCU Horned Frogs track and field team, placing 6th in the 60 metres at the 2001 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. She struggled with hamstring injuries until her senior year in 2003.
Achievements Representing 1997African Junior Championships Ibadan, Nigeria2nd100 m12.422nd200 m24.283rd400 m54.351998Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia15th (h)100 m11.728th200 m23.734th4 × 100 m relay43.811999World Championships Seville, Spain40th (h)100 m11.70All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa7th100 m11.48 3rd200 m22.98 3rd4 × 100 m relay44.212000African Championships Algiers, Algeria 3rd100 m11.471st4 × 100 m relay43.99Olympic Games Sydney, Australia31st (qf)100 m11.7035th (h)200 m23.519th (sf)4 × 100 m relay43.19
Personal bests 100 metres - 11.31 s (2001) 200 metres - 22.98 s (1999)
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