Anita Fordjour

Anita Fordjour (born 1981/82)

Career At the age of 20, Fordjour took up wheelchair basketball, before switching to wheelchair racing. At the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, Fordjour came second in the 1,500 metres race, and third in the 200 metres race.

Fordjour competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she finished third in the 1500 metres T54 event, in a time of 4:18.83. Fordjour won a bronze medal in the 1,500 metres event at the 2011 All-Africa Games. Fordjour competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the 100 metres T53 and 200 metres T53 events. She was one of four Ghanaians at the Games, the most athletes Ghana had ever sent to a Paralympic Games at the time. Fordjour finished seventh in both the 100 metres T53 and 200 metres T53 events.

Awards In 2010, Fordjour was named Ghana Female Athlete of the Year by the Sport Writers Association of Ghana.