Anita Fordjour earns Commonwealth bronze for Ghana in Delhi
Anita Fordjour won bronze for Ghana in the women’s 1500m T54 wheelchair race at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Anita Fordjour in the Daily Graphic profile republished by Modern Ghana after her Delhi 2010 bronze.
Photo credit: Daily Graphic, republished by Modern Ghana (source publication; photographer not identified)
Anita Fordjour won bronze for Ghana in the women’s 1500m T54 wheelchair race at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. The IPC’s contemporary report placed her behind Canada’s Diane Roy and Nigeria’s Chineme Obeta.
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Daily Graphic subsequently described Fordjour’s result as Ghana’s first medal of that edition and its first Commonwealth Games medal in Para sport. Her podium finish added to the international achievements of Ghanaian wheelchair athletes and provided a milestone for the country’s Para athletics history.