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Ghanaian sprinter (born 1993)

Janet Amponsah

Amponsah at the 2016 Olympics

Personal information

Born

(1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 (age 31)
Kumasi, Ghana

Alma mater

Middle Tennessee State University

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

65 kg (143 lb)

Sport

Country

Ghana

Sport

Track and field

Event(s)

100 m, 200 m

Club

Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders

Coached by

Dean Hayes

Medal record

Women's Athletics

Representing Ghana
Commonwealth Games
	2010 Delhi	4x100 m relay
African Games
	2015 Brazzaville	4x100 m relay
African Championships
	2012 Porto Novo	4x100 m relay
	2016 Durban	4x100 m relay
	2014 Marrakech	4x100 m relay

Janet Amponsah (born 12 April 1993) is a Ghanaian sprinter. 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.

She came second behind Ivorian Marie Josee Ta Louat at the 2018 women's 100m final at the African Senior Athletics Championships in Asaba, Nigeria.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ghana
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:42.36
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	34th (h)	200 m	24.86
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	23rd (sf)	100 m	12.03
			15th (sf)	200 m	24.44
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.24
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	13th (sf)	200 m	24.54
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	6th	100 m	11.76
			5th	200 m	23.68
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.35
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17th (sf)	100 m	11.94
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	200 m	23.41
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	41st (h)	200 m	24.07
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.06
	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:42.89
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	18th (h)	200 m	24.05
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	4th	200 m	23.49
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.72
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	5th	200 m	23.45
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.05
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	60th (h)	200 m	23.67
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.37
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	37th (h)	200 m	23.77
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.68
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	17th (sf)	200 m	23.67
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	5th	4 × 100 m relay	43.64
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	2nd	100 m	11.54
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	3rd	200 m	23.38
2021	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.85

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

"2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ Janet Amponsah Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
Janet Amponsah at World Athletics
"Asaba 2018: Janet Amponsah wins silver in women's 100m". Citi Newsroom. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
Disqualified in the semifinals

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