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| Nationality | Ghanaian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m: 6.57 (Birmingham, 2024) 100m: 9.84 (Jacksonville, 2025) NR 200m: 20.12 (Eugene, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (born 6 October 1997) is a Ghanaian sprinter. [1]
Saminu is from the village of Nanumba in Ghana where he was a keen football player before being encouraged towards athletics. [2] He attended the American universities Florida Memorial University and the University of South Florida after being recruited by USF head coach Erik Jenkins. [3]
Saminu ran a wind-aided (+3.6 m/s) 9.95 seconds for the 100m at the South Florida Invitational in April 2024. [4]
Saminu won the gold in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay at the AAC Championships in May 2024 in San Antonio, United States. His efforts included a personal best time in the 100m of 10.03 seconds in a legal wind (-0.8) and ran a time of 20.34 seconds in the 200m. [5]
Saminu ran 10.02 seconds for the 100m at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. In the 200 metres on the same day he ran a personal best of 20.12 in the 200 metres. [6] Later that month, he was part of the Ghana 4x100m relay team that won gold at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon. [7]
He competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he reached the semi-finals. [8] He also competed in the men's 4x100m relay at the Games. [9]
In 2025, he set an early world lead with a time of 9.86 seconds for the 100 metres. [10]
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