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Guyanese athlete (born 2004)
Anisha Gibbons
Personal information
NationalityGuyanese
Born (2004-09-26) 26 September 2004 (age 20)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventJavelin
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Javelin: 51.27m (Lubbock, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Guyana
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nassau Javelin
Gold medal – first place 2022 Kingston Javelin

Anisha Gibbons (born 26 September 2004) is a Guyanese track and field athlete. She is a national champion and national record holder in the javelin throw.

Early life

Gibbons attended New Mexico Junior College near Hobbs, New Mexico, United States on a scholarship to study business.

Career

Gibbons won the CARIFTA Games U17 category in 2019. After the victory she was donated a new Javelin by the National Sports Commission after reports circulated that she had been practising using a 45 year-old Javelin.

Gibbons set a new national record throw of 45.37 metres in Leonora, Guyana on 3 April 2022. She won the CARIFTA U20 event in 2022 in Kingston, Jamaica. She became Guyanese senior national champion in June 2022.

Gibbons extended her national record with a 51.27 metres throw in Lubbock, Texas, United States in March 2023. She retained her CARIFTA Games U20 title in Nassau, Bahamas in 2023 with a distance of 47.96 metres.

References

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  3. "Harvey, Newton and Gibbons headline Guyana's CARIFTA Track and Field team". Newsroom Guyana. March 23, 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. "CARIFTA GAMES: Anisha Gibbons lands Guyana's second gold". Newsroom Guyana. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  5. "NSC donates javelin to CARIFTA gold medallist". Guyana Times. May 2, 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. "50th CARIFTA Games". Guyana Chronicle. April 10, 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  7. "Guyana Championships". World Athletics. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. "Masked Rider Open". World Athletics. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  9. "Javelin Gold for Anisha Gibbons, 3000m silver for Attoya Harvey". Kaieteurnewsonline. April 10, 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  10. "Gibbons bags third successive javelin gold". Stabroeknews. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  11. Levy, Leighton (April 9, 2023). "Guyana's Gibbons defends javelin title, Jamaica's Johnson wins shot put gold on Day 2 at Carifta 50". SportsMax. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
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