Gemma Acheampong

Gemma Acheampong

Personal information
Nationality	United States, Ghana
Born	(1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Education	Boston University
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight	118 lb (54 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
College team	Boston Terriers
Coached by	Gabriel Sanders
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing Ghana African Games 2015 Brazzaville 4 x 100 m relay African Championships 2016 Durban 4 x 100 m relay 2014 Marrakech 4 x 100 m relay

Gemma Acheampong (born 13 February 1993 in Chicago, Illinois) is a US-born Ghanaian athlete specialising in the sprinting events.

Acheampong holds the Ghanain record in the rarely-contested indoor 300 metres event. She represented Ghana in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.49 (+2.0 m/s) (West Point 2015)
• 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