Martin Owusu-Antwi

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Martin Owusu-Antwi
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Personal information
Full nameMartin Owusu-Antwi
Born (1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 (age 28)
Kumasi, Ghana
Height5 ft 07in (170 cm)
Weight152 (69 kg)
Sport
Country Ghana
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 100m, 4 x 100 m, 200 m
College team Coppin State Eagles
Achievements and titles
Personal best60 m: 6.84s (25 February 2018)

100 m: 10.45s (11 May 2019)

200 m: 20.79s (25 February 2018)

200 m: 20.70s (24 May 2019)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Rabat 4×100 m relay

Martin Owusu-Antwi (born 15 April 1995) [1] is a Ghanaian sprinter specializing in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He gained his first international experience in the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju and also in the Ghana 4 x 100 meters relay. He also took part in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast running in the 200 meter race. He then went on to participate for the first time in the African Games in Rabat where he reached the semifinals and won his first Gold medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay. [2]

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Athletics

Martin Owusu-Antwi won his first international experience at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, where he was eliminated in the 100-meter race with 10.97 seconds in the quarterfinals and with the Ghana 4-by-100-meter relay with 39, Eliminated in the preliminary round in 99s. The following year he retired from the Durban African Championship in the 200-meter race with 21.02 s in the semi-finals and finished sixth in the relay in 40.21 s. In 2018 he participated in the Commonwealth Games on the Australian Gold Coast, over 200 meters, and there he reached the semifinals, where he was eliminated with 25.95 seconds. In 2019 he participated for the first time in the African Games in Rabat and reached the semifinals of more than 200 meters, in which he was eliminated with 20.97 s and won the gold medal with the relay with a new player record of 38, 30 s. This gave him a starting place in the Doha World Championship relay, in which 38.24 seconds were not enough for a final. Martin Owusu-Antwi is a student at Coppin State University in Baltimore. [3] [ circular reference ] [4]

Personal bests

International competitions

YearCompetitionCountryEventResultTime
2015 Summer Universiade Flag of South Korea.svg Gwangju 100 m floorsQuarter Finals10"79
4x100 mBatteria39"99
2016 African Championships Flag of South Africa.svg Durban 200 m floorsSemifinal21"02
4x100 m40"21
2018 Commonwealth Games Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gold Coast 200 m floorsSemifinal25"95
2019 African Games Flag of Morocco.svg Rabat 200 m floorsSemifinal20"97
4x100 mGold38"30
World Athletics Championships Flag of Qatar.svg Doha 4x100 mBatteria38"24

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Collegiate competitions

Representing Coppin State Eagles

YearCompetitionPositionEventTimeWindVenue
2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships 12th4x10039.24N/A Austin, United States
2019 Conference USA Outdoor Championships 3rd100 m10.49+1.1 Charlotte, United States
2nd100 m10.45+0.6
2nd200 m20.87-0.1
1st4x10039.35N/A
1st4x1003:14:50N/A
2019 NCAA Division I East Region Preliminary Rounds 16th200 m20.73+1.4 Jacksonville, United States
19th200 m20.70+0.3
10th4x10039.22N/A
2nd4x1003:04.09N/A

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References

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Martin Owusu-Antwi at World Athletics