Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Ghana | |||||
| 1984 | African Championships | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | 200 m | |
| 3rd | 400 m | ||||
| 1987 | All-Africa Games | Nairobi, Kenya | 3rd | 400 m | |
| 1988 | African Championships | Annaba, Algeria | 3rd | 400 m | |
Mercy Addy (born 7 May 1964) is a Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Her personal best time is 51.0 seconds (hand-timed), which she achieved in October 1989 in Accra. This time currently stands as the Ghanaian record. [1] She also recorded a time of 52.08 seconds with electronic timing.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Ghana | |||||
| 1984 | African Championships | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | 200 m | |
| 3rd | 400 m | ||||
| 1987 | All-Africa Games | Nairobi, Kenya | 3rd | 400 m | |
| 1988 | African Championships | Annaba, Algeria | 3rd | 400 m | |
Eric Nkansah Appiah is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.
Abdul Aziz Zakari is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.
Leonard ("Leo") Myles-Mills is a Ghanaian former athlete who specialized in the 100 metres. He ran a personal best of 9.98 seconds for the event in 1998, becoming the first Ghanaian to break the 10-second barrier. His best of 6.45 seconds for the 60 metres is an African record. Myles-Mills twice represented his country at the Summer Olympics and also at the Commonwealth Games. He was a two-time NCAA Men's 100 m dash champion while running for Brigham Young University.
Albert Agyemang is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
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Vida Nsiah is a retired female track and field sprinter and hurdler from Ghana. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur she finished fifth in the 100 metres and sixth in the 200 metres.
Abu Duah is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Manathoor Devasia Valsamma is a retired Indian athlete. She was the second Indian woman to win an individual gold medal at the Asian Games and the first to win it on Indian soil.
Gifty Addy is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.
David Nii Addy is a Ghanaian footballer.
Brenda Taylor is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles. She reached the final of the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and won a medal at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 4×400-meter relay.
The Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 4–6 August at the Olympic Stadium. The winning margin was 1.47 seconds.
Ebenezer Charles O. Addy is a Ghanaian sociologist and former sprinter who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was married to Marian Ewurama Addy, a biochemist and the first Ghanaian woman to attain the rank of full professor of natural science.
James Aryee Addy was a Ghanaian sprinter who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Yacub Addy was a Ghanaian traditional drummer, composer, choreographer and educator who collaborated with many musicians in various genres, including Wynton Marsalis. He has been referred to as "the leading ambassador of Ghanaian music and culture".
Addy is a surname.
Marian Ewurama Addy was a Ghanaian biochemist and the first Host of the National Science and Maths Quiz. The first Ghanaian woman to attain the rank of full professor of natural science, Addy became a role model for school girls and budding female scientists on the limitless opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Marian Addy was also a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected in 1999. In the same year, she was awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science.
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Joseph Paul Amoah is a Ghanaian sprinter specializing in the 100 metres and the 200 metres. He competed at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in the 100 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay, and at the 2019 African Games, he won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay. He was also a 100 metres finalist at the 2019 African Games, finishing fourth.
Bellavia Janet Ribeiro-Addy is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clapham and Brixton Hill, previously Streatham, since 2019. In 2020, she was briefly Shadow Minister for Immigration. She chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for African Reparations.
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