Gemma Acheampong
_(cropped).jpg) Acheampong in October 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 February 1993 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Boston University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 lb (54 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Boston Terriers[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dave Hegland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gemma Acheampong (born February 13, 1993) is a Ghanaian-American athlete specialising in the sprinting events.[3][4] She holds the Ghanaian record in the rarely-contested indoor 300 meters event, and represented Ghana in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[5]
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Ghana | |||||
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 28th (h) | 200 m | 24.90 |
| – | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
| African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 6th | 100 m | 11.74 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.06 | |||
| 2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 10th (sf) | 100 m | 11.81 |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.72 | |||
| 2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 6th | 100 m | 11.49 |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.05 | |||
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.37 | |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.68 |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 19th (sf) | 100 m | 11.79 |
| 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.64 | |||
| 2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.77 |
| African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 11.93 | |
| 8th | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.24 | |||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 11th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.62 | |
| 2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 12th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.85 |
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.43 (+0.2 m/s) (Cape Coast 2016)
- 200 metres – 24.21 (+1.2 m/s) (Princeton 2014)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.18 (Annapolis 2015)
- 200 metres – 24.41 (Boston 2015)
- 300 metres – 39.50 (Boston 2015) NR
References
[edit]- ^ Personal Website and Blog
- ^ "College team profile". Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ^ Gemma Acheampong at World Athletics
- ^ "'We can qualify for Olympics if we go for camp' – Gemma Acheampong". Citi Sports Online. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Ghana names 16 first-time Olympians for Rio 2016". 2016-07-14. Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gemma Acheampong.
- Gemma Acheampong at Olympics.com
- Gemma Acheampong at Olympedia
- Gemma Acheampong at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Gemma Acheampong at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Gemma Acheampong at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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