Jeanette Kwakye Biography
Jeanette Kwakye MBE is a British broadcaster and former sprinter. earned the 2007 British Champion in the 100m with a time of 11.59 seconds, defeating Laura Turner (who ran the same time) and defending champion Joice Maduaka.
How old is Jeanette Kwakye? – Age
She is 41 years old as of 20 March 2024. She was born in 1983 in London Borough of Waltham Forest, England.
Jeanette Kwakye Family – Education
Kwakye’s parents were both born in Ghana’s Brong-Ahafo region. The Kwakye family relocated to England in the early 1980s. Kwakye’s younger brother, Louis, also participates in national athletics. Chelsea, her younger sister, is a co-author of ‘Taking Up Space’, which will be published by Penguin (Merky Books) in 2020. Kwakye graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in politics and economics. She is close pals with the artist Estelle.
Jeanette Kwakye Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $8 million.
Jeanette Kwakye Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m).
Jeanette Kwakye Podcast
Kwakye is a regular host of BBC Radio 5 Live’s Football Daily program and contributes to 5 Live Sport. She also regularly contributes to Ian Wright’s podcast, Wrighty’s House.
Jeanette Kwakye Injury
Kwakye missed the 2010 athletics season due to Achilles tendon and knee ailments sustained following Beijing 2008. She returned to competition in 2011 and won the British 100-meter championship. Kwakye advanced to the semi-finals of the Women’s 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Kwakye won the British 60m Indoor title in 2012, however owing to an injury, he was unable to compete in the London Olympics. She didn’t compete in 2013.
Jeanette Kwakye BBC Sports
After retiring, Kwakye pursued an NCTJ qualification and started working for BBC Radio Berkshire before joining BBC Radio London’s sports unit in 2014. Kwakye has presented a number of sports shows for BBC Sport, including the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, the World Swimming Championships 2019, the World Athletics Championships 2019, the Women’s Football Show, and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019. She is the BBC’s athletics trackside reporter.
Kwakye previously hosted The Women’s Sport Show, a weekly hour-long show on BBC Radio London that aired every Saturday at 1:00pm. Kwakye was named Channel 5’s lead boxing presenter in December 2020. On October 31, 2023, Martin Lewis welcomed Kwakye as the series co-presenter of ITV’s The Martin Lewis Money Show.
Kwakye is an avid writer who has been published in The Guardian, the Daily Mirror, and BT Sport. Kwakye also works for the Youth Sport Trust as a Athlete Mentor on the Sky Sports Changing Lives programme. She was also a correspondent for Sky Sports’ children’s TV show Game Changers from 2013 until 2019. Kwakye was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for his contributions to sport and sports broadcasting.
Jeanette Kwakye Career
Kwakye won a bronze decoration in the 4×100 meters hand-off at the 2002 World Junior Titles, with colleagues Jade Lucas-Read, Amy Spencer and Vernicha James. At the 2007 European Indoor Titles she completed fourth in the 60 meters. In the semi-last she recorded a period of 7.17 seconds, this being the quickest time by an English lady in the 60m starting around 1986.
Kwakye, turned into the 2007 English Boss throughout 100m in a period of 11.59, beating Laura Turner (who recorded a similar time) and reigning champ Joice Maduaka. The following day, she likewise came out on top for the 200m championship, in the wake of beating Emily Freeman and Donna Fraser, who took silver and bronze, separately.
In the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Titles in Valencia, Kwakye equalled the English 60m record of 7.13 by Beverly Kinch in her semi-last prior to breaking it with a 7.08 race to guarantee silver behind American Angela Williams who won in 7.06, this putting Kwakye as number 2 in the 2008 world female rankings.
On 12 July 2008, Kwakye protected her English 100m title, while additionally winning the Olympic preliminaries, and was in like manner consequently chose to contend at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her season of 11.26 equalled her then lifetime best.In the warms of the 100 meters, Kwakye completed in runner up behind Torri Edwards, timing a period of 11.30 seconds, permitting her to advance through to the quarter-last stage. In the quarter-last, she was beaten to the line by Shelly-Ann Fraser and Evgeniya Polyakova, yet qualified for the semi-last by completing in third spot.
In the semi-last on 17 August 2008, Kwakye completed third, with a period of 11.19. She turned into the principal English lady to arrive at the 100 meters last since Heather Oakes in 1984. At these Olympics, Kwakye was additionally the main European competitor to show up in the last. In the last, she timed 11.14, an individual best, to complete in 6th spot, in front of Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie of the Bahamas and Torri Edwards of the US.
Incredible England arrived at the last of the 4×100 meters hand-off, and alongside the Jamaican group, were top choices to guarantee a decoration. Kwakye ran a decent first twist in the last, however the English group neglected to complete because of a mistake in the changeover between Montell Douglas and Emily Freeman. Jamaica likewise neglected to complete after a comparative mistake between Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart.