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Sporting Witness: Ghana's 'Baby Jet'

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Ghana's 'Baby Jet'

11/05/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Ghana's 'Baby Jet'

Ghanaian Alice Annum tells the story of how she became known as  'Baby Jet'

Ghanaian athlete, Alice Annum is the original 'Baby Jet'. She got the nickname after winning two silver medals at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in the 100m and 200m sprint races.

Alice Annum is Ghana's original 'Baby Jet'. 

She gained the nickname after winning two silver medals at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, for the 100m and 200m sprint races. 

Alice was also the first woman to represent Ghana at the Olympics. Throughout her career, not only did she compete as a runner, she also competed in long jump.

In more recent years the name 'Baby Jet' has been taken on by former footballer, Asamoah Gyan.

But Alice knows that she is the original. She tells Gill Kearsley the story of how she got the nickname.

(Photo: Alice Annum in 2024. Credit: Sally McBratney. Photo: Alice Annum the finish line of the Women's 100-metre event of the 1970 Commonwealth Games. Credit: Daily Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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