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Nationality | Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Gyasi (born 25 September 1994 in Kumasi [1] ) is a Ghanaian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. [2] He won relay medals at the 2014 African Championships and 2015 African Games.
His personal bests in the event are 46.45 seconds outdoors (Warri 2015) and 47.31 seconds indoors (Albuquerque 2015).
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ghana | |||||
2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 16th (sf) | 400 m | 47.86 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.43 | |||
World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 21st (sf) | 400 m | 47.78 | |
12th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:11.46 | |||
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 25th (h) | 400 m | 47.07 |
– | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | |||
African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 8th | 400 m | 46.94 | |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.28 | |||
2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 14th (sf) | 400 m | 46.45 |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.78 | |||
5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.15 |
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