John Ampomah

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John Ampomah
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghanaian
Born (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 34)
Konongo, Ghana [1]
Education Middle Tennessee State University
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event Javelin throw
College team Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders [3]
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
African Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville Javelin throw
African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Porto Novo Javelin throw
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Durban Javelin throw

John Ampomah (born 11 July 1990 in Konongo) is a Ghanaian athlete specialising in the javelin throw. [4] He is currently[ when? ] attending Middle Tennessee State University and is part of the university's track and field team. [3]

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Ampomah represented Ghana at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] He was the captain of the Ghanaian team in Rio. [5]

Career

Ampomah came onto the scene up 2012, pulverizing the 19-year old national record with a throw of 69.00m in March 2012 in Tamale, before enhancing the record two more times at the African Championship, where he won silver, and at the 2012 rlg Grand Prix where he threw 73.69m. While tutoring at Wiley College, Ampomah set another national javelin record subsequent to gaining a throw of 74.42m on his approach to winning the spear title at the 2014 US NAIA National Championships. This eclipsed the previous mark of 74.35m that he had set at the Jim Mize Invitational on 22 March 2014. On 4 April 2015 he broke the national record again, throwing 76.50m to win his third open air rivalry in Auburn-Alabama. Ampomah's new individual best supplanted the past characteristic of 75.99m, which he set at the CAA African Championships in August, 2015 where he set fifth by and large. Later in the month, John threw 81.55m to improve his national record by 5 meters and 5 centimeters. In Sergey Bubka design, this was then the eighth national record since his disclosure in 2012.

He won silver medals at the 2015 African Games and 2012 African Championships. He also won silver medal at the African Championships in Durban in 2016. His personal best in the event is 83.09 metres set in Soga-Nana Memorial, Cape Coast, Ghana. This is the current national record. [6] Ampomah has broken the national javelin record an unprecedented ten times since 2012 when he came onto the national scene. [7]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 2ndJavelin throw 70.65 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 9thJavelin throw 69.56 m
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5thJavelin throw 75.99 m
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 2ndJavelin throw 82.94 m
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 2ndJavelin throw 75.22 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19th (q)Javelin throw 80.39 m
2024 African Games Accra, Ghana 9thJavelin throw 66.64 m

Seasonal bests by year

Awards

SWAG Male Athlete:2012, 2015 [8] [7]

Ghana-Ethiopian Airlines Athletes 2015 [9]

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