Janet Amponsah
Appearance
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Born | Kumasi, Ghana | April 12, 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Middle Tennessee State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Dean Hayes[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Janet Amponsah (born 12 April 1993) is a Ghanaian sprinter.[3] She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the semifinals. She won medals in the 4 × 100 metres relay at two African Championships and at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She was selected as Ghana's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games and voted the 2015 Ghanaian Female Athlete of the Year. She missed the 2015 World Championships in China due to problems with her entry visa. At the 2016 Olympics she competed in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay events.[2]
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.29 (-1.3 m/s) (Canyon 2015)
- 200 metres – 23.04 (+1.6 m/s) (Canyon 2015)
Indoor
- 200 metres – 23.40 (Albuquerque 2015)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Janet Amponsah.
- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ a b c Janet Amponsah. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Janet Amponsah at World Athletics
- ^ Disqualified in the semifinals
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- Olympic athletes of Ghana
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Ghana
- African Games silver medalists for Ghana
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Kumasi
- Middle Tennessee State University alumni
- Ghanaian athletics biography stubs