Naa Anang (athletics) was part of the Australian team that won bronze in the women’s 4x100m relay at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. It was her second Games appearance after finishing 9th in the women’s long jump on the Gold Coast in 2018.

Born in Accra, Ghana, Anang was a toddler when her family moved to Australia, and she followed her older brothers into Little Athletics. Naa, which means ‘princess’, emerged on the national stage in 2008 aged just 13 when she won the national schools long jump title.

She won silver at the Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man in 2011 but a broken leg and back stress fractures over the next two years kept her away from the sport. She rebounded to win bronze at the 2015 World University Games in Korea and gain selection for the 2017 world championships in London. At the 2019 Australian Championships, Anang became the first woman to win the 100m/long jump double, leaping to a wind-assisted 6.88m, although her series also included a legal PB 6.81m jump.