Kofi Amoah Prah
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Kofi Amoah Prah (born 20 December 1974 in Accra, Ghana) is a retired German long jumper.
He won the silver medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships,[1] finished seventh at the 1998 IAAF World Cup, eleventh at the 1998 European Championships and fifth at the 2000 Olympic Games.[2]
He represented the sports clubs Berliner SC and LAC Halensee Berlin, and became German champion in 2000.[3] His personal best jump is 8.20 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Wesel.[2]
In 2008 he was found guilty of cocaine doping. The sample was delivered on 5 July 2008 in an in-competition test in Nuremberg. He received an IAAF suspension from September 2008 to September 2010.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ 1992 European Indoor Championships results, men's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ a b IAAF profile for Kofi Amoah Prah
- ^ German championships, men's long jump
- ^ "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF.org. 13 November 2008. http://www.iaaf.org/antidoping/news/newsid=48303.html. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
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