Monica Twum

Monica Twum
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ghana
African Championships
2000 Algiers 4×100 m
1998 Dakar 4×100 m
2000 Algiers 100 m

Monica Afia Twum (born 14 March 1978) is a female track and field sprinter from Ghana. Together with Mavis Akoto, Vida Anim and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Twum was an All-American sprinter for the TCU Horned Frogs track and field team, placing 6th in the 60 metres at the 2001 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. She struggled with hamstring injuries until her senior year in 2003.

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