Jabou Jawo

Jabou Jawo (born April 18, 1962 in Bathurst ) is a track and field athlete from the West African state of Gambia who specializes in short distances . She took part in two Olympic Games .

Olympia 1984

Jabou Jawo took part in two competitions at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles :

• In the 100-meter race she was assigned to the third group in the first run. She ran the track in 12.10 seconds and finished seventh, not qualifying for the next lap.
• In the 4 × 100 m relay competition , she ran together with Amie N'Dow , Victoria Decka and Georgiana Freeman . Jawo ran as the first of the season, which was last in the run-up with 47.18 s and thus could not qualify for the final.

Olympia 1988

Jabou Jawo took part in a competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul :

• In the 100-meter race she was assigned to the third group in the first run. She ran the track in 12.27 seconds and finished eighth, not qualifying for the next lap.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 12.10 s (August 4, 1984 Los Angeles )
• 200 meters: 24.89 s (August 11, 1987 Nairobi )

Web links

• Jabou Jawo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jabou Jawo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
2. ^ Profile at iaaf.org
3. ↑ 1984 Official Olympic Report ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ 1988 Official Olympic Report ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.