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Gemma Acheampong

Acheampong in October 2017
Personal information
Born	(1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 31) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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	Dave Hegland
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 February 13, 1993) is a Ghanaian-American athlete specialising in the sprinting events. 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.

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
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

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

1. Personal Website and Blog
2. "College team profile". Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
3. Gemma Acheampong at World Athletics
4. "'We can qualify for Olympics if we go for camp' – Gemma Acheampong". Citi Sports Online. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
5. "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

• Gemma Acheampong at Olympics.com
• Gemma Acheampong at Olympedia (archive)
• 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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