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| Born | March 15, 1992 Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m=10.14 (2018) 200=20.67 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
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Bismark Boateng (born March 15, 1992) is a Canadian track and field athlete specializing in the sprint events. [1] Born in Ghana, Boateng moved to Canada when he was 14 for better opportunities and lives in Toronto, Ontario. [1]
Bismark studied at Monsignor Percy Johnson Catholic Secondary School in Etobicoke. Boateng was originally a soccer player, but decided to switch to track and field after watching the 2012 Canadian Olympic trials. Boateng started running competitively in 2013. [1] [2]
Boateng's first major competition was the 2015 Summer Universiade, where he finished in eleventh in the 100 m and tenth in the 4x100 relay. [1] Boateng competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he made the semi-finals in the 200 m and was disqualified in the 4x100 relay. [1]
At the 2018 NACAC Championships in his hometown of Toronto, Boateng was part of the gold medal 4x100 relay winning team. [3]
In July 2021, Boateng was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team in the men's 100 metres and 4x100 relay. [4] [5] He placed sixth in his heat with a time of 10.47, and did not advance. Speaking afterward, Boateng attributed this to an injury sustained at his prior competition, and said he felt the race went "pretty well." [6]
Donovan Bailey is a retired Jamaican-Canadian sprinter. He once held the world record for the 100 metres. He recorded a time of 9.84 seconds to become Olympic champion in 1996. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 m. Particularly noted for his top speed, Bailey ran 12.10 m/s in his 1996 Olympic title run, the fastest ever recorded by a human at the time. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 as an individual athlete and in 2008 as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team. In 2005, he was also inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.
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