Anisha Gibbons
Anisha Gibbons 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-oldJavelin.
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.