Gemma Acheampong

human
Ein sex anaa gender	female
Country wey e be citizen	Ghana, United States
Country for sport	Ghana
Name in native language	Gemma Acheampong
Name wey dem give am	Gemma
Family name	Acheampong
Ein date of birth	13 February 1993
Place dem born am	Waterbury
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	English
Ein occupation	sprinter
Field for work	100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay
Educate for	Boston University
Sport	track and field, athletics
Sports discipline competed in	sprinting
Participant insyd	2014 Commonwealth Games, 2015 African Games, athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2018 Commonwealth Games

Gemma Acheampong (dem born am February 13, 1993) be Ghanaian-American athlete wey dey specialise for sprinting events.^[1]^[2] She dey hold Ghanaian record for rarely-contested indoor 300 meters event, wey she represent Ghana for 4 × 100 metres relay for 2016 Summer Olympics for Rio de Janeiro.^[3]

Competition record


Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Dey represent Ghana
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	28th (h)	200 m	24.90
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	6th	100 m	11.74
	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.06
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	10th (sf)	100 m	11.81
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.72
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	6th	100 m	11.49
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	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
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	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
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	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

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

↑ 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.

[1] Gemma Acheampong at World Athletics

[2] "'We can qualify for Olympics if we go for camp' – Gemma Acheampong". Citi Sports Online. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.

[3] "Ghana names 16 first-time Olympians for Rio 2016". 2016-07-14. Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2016-08-03.

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