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Full name | Emma Flash Ankudey | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Ghanaian | |||||||||||||
Born | 10 September 1943 | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||
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Emma Flash Ankudey (born 10 September 1943) is a Ghanaian former amateur boxer.
Ankudey won a gold medal in the welterweight division of the boxing at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, which were held in Edinburgh. [1]
At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Ankudey represented Ghana in the welterweight competition. He was eliminated in round two by Mongolia's Damdinjavyn Bandi. [2]
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