Gemma Acheampong

Gemma Acheampong (born February 13, 1993) is a Ghanaian-American athlete specialising in the sprinting events.^[3][4] 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.^[5]

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)[1]
Weight	118 lb (54 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
College team	Boston Terriers[2]
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

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
• 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)