Latifa Ali

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Latifa Ali
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NationalityGhanaian
Born (1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 24)
Kumasi
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres

Latifa Ali (born 15 December 1998) is a Ghanaian track and field sprinter. She competed for Ghana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

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Education

Ali attended T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School in Kumasi and University of Cape Coast, where she was an athlete in both schools. She competed in multiple events from 100 m and 200 m sprints, relays, pole vault and high jump. [1] [2] In 2020, she secured a US Athletics Scholarship to Coppin State University. [2]

Career

Ali won gold at the grand finals of the Ghana Fastest Human Competition, women's category twice, in 2014 and 2019. [3] [4] She placed second in 2017 and 2018 editions of the competition. [5] [6]

She competed for Ghana at the 2019 Summer Universiade, competing in the 100 metres, 200 metres, long jump, 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 400 metres relay. She was the Ghana University Students Association (GUSA) 200m champion in 2019. In 2020, secured a US Athletics Scholarship to Coppin State University. [2]

She competed for Ghana for the first time at the 2021 World Athletics Relays in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay. [7] In 2022, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [8] She was a member of the quartet who competed for Ghana in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay. They qualified for the finals as one of the two fastest times in the heats. [9] They placed 7th in the finals, however after Nigeria was disqualified, they moved in to 6th. [10] [11]

In 2020, Ali moved to Coppin State University. In February 2023, she set a university record after she won the 400m in Last Chance Indoor National Qualifier at Boston University Track & Tennis Center clocking 52.60 seconds and this unofficially broke the Ghanaian indoor record. [12] [13]

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  9. ↑ Osei, Bernard (6 August 2022). "2022 Commonwealth Games: Ghana's 4x100m female team qualify to final". Citi Sports Online. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Ghana finish 7th as Nigeria storm to 4x100m gold in Commonwealth Games women's relay". My Joy Online. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Mackay, Duncan (14 July 2023). "England win gold in women's 4x100m relay after Nigeria disqualification". Inside The Games. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  12. ↑ Kramer, Steven (25 February 2023). "Latifa Ali Wins 400m Dash at Last Chance Indoor National Qualifier in Record Time". Coppin State University Athletics. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  13. ↑ Okine, Sammy Heywood (1 March 2023). "Latifa Ali Demolishes Ghana Women's Indoor 400m National Record | News Ghana". News Ghana. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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