Abeiku Jackson

Abeiku Jackson
	Abeiku Jackson in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Abeiku Gyekye Jackson
Born	12 April 2000 (age 24); Accra, Ghana
Education	Roman Ridge School
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event(s)	50m and 100m freestyle; 50m and 100m butterfly
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Ghana
African Championships

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]

Competition record

Individual

Long course

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ghana
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Great Britain	44th (h)	100 m freestyle	56.47
			33rd (h)	50 m butterfly	27.21
			31st (h)	100 m butterfly	1:01.40
2015	World Championships	Kazan, Russia	70th (h)	50 m freestyle	24.72
			98th (h)	100 m freestyle	56.94
			55th (h)	50 m butterfly	26.41
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	55th (h)	50 m freestyle	24.30
2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	-	100 m freestyle	DNS
2017	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	-	50 m butterfly	DNS
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	24th (h)	50 m freestyle	23.47
			16th (sf)	50 m butterfly	24.86
			15th (sf)	100 m butterfly	54.79
	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	8th	50 m freestyle	23.97
			8th	100 m freestyle	53.44
			5th	50 m butterfly	24.68
			5th	100 m butterfly	55.18
	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	15th (sf)	50 m butterfly	24.90
	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	18th (h)	100 m butterfly	54.52
2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	50th (h)	50 m butterfly	24.85
	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	47th (h)	100 m butterfly	54.94
	African Games	Casablanca, Morocco	10th (h)	50 m freestyle	23.57
			7th	50 m butterfly	24.50
			9th (h)	100 m butterfly	55.20
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	45th (h)	100 m butterfly	53.39
	African Championships	Accra, Ghana	2nd	50 m butterfly	24.18
	African Championships	Accra, Ghana	3rd	100 m butterfly	53.98
2022	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	37th (h)	50 m butterfly	24.11
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	44th (h)	100 m butterfly	54.67
	Commonwealth Games	Smethwick, Great Britain	23rd (h)	50 m freestyle	23.62
		Smethwick, Great Britain	17th (h)	50 m butterfly	24.19
		12th (sf)	100 m butterfly	53.79
	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	2nd	50 m butterfly	24.08
	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	1st	100 m butterfly	53.89
2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	48th (h)	50 m butterfly	24.14
2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	42nd (h)	100 m butterfly	53.73
2024	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	36th (h)	50 m butterfly	24.29
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	38th (h)	100 m butterfly	54.28
	African Games	Accra, Ghana	10th (h)	50 m freestyle	23.59
			2nd	50 m butterfly	24.23
			3rd	100 m butterfly	53.80
	BRICS Games	Kazan, Russia	3rd	50 m butterfly	23.87
	BRICS Games	Kazan, Russia	3rd	100 m butterfly	53.08

Short course

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ghana
2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	100th (h)	50 m butterfly	26.78
2014	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	79th (h)	100 m butterfly	59.94
2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	-	50 m freestyle	DNS
2016	World Championships	Windsor, Canada	-	50 m butterfly	DNS
2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	50th (h)	50 m butterfly	23.87
2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	34th (h)	100 m butterfly	52.36

Relay

Long course

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ghana
2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	31st (h)	4 × 100 m mixed medley	4:21.40
2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	7th	4 × 100 m freestyle	3:37.05
			4th	4 × 100 m mixed freestyle	3:42:97
			5th	4 × 100 m mixed medley	4:09.33

References

^ ^a ^b "Rio 2016: Abeku Gyekye Jackson athlete profile". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Meet Abeiku Jackson: The 15 year old swimmer with 33 gold medals leading the Ghana swim team to the Olympics". kuulpeeps.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Abeiku Gyekye Jackson: making Olympics history". thebftonline.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ "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.

External links

Abeku Jackson at World Aquatics
Abeku Gyekye Jackson at Swimrankings.net
Abeku Gyekye Jackson at Olympics.com
Abeku Gyekye Jackson at Olympic.org (archived)
Abeiku Jackson at Olympedia
Abeiku Jackson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Abeiku Jackson at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Abeku Jackson at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)

[rio2016-1] "Rio 2016: Abeku Gyekye Jackson athlete profile". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[kuulpeeps-2] "Meet Abeiku Jackson: The 15 year old swimmer with 33 gold medals leading the Ghana swim team to the Olympics". kuulpeeps.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[thebftonline-3] "Abeiku Gyekye Jackson: making Olympics history". thebftonline.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[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.

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