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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
Born | 28 November 2000 | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Club | Hamburger SV | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Sebastian Bayer | ||||||||||||||
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Owen Ansah (born 28 November 2000) is a German sprinter, the first German to run under 10 seconds for the 100 metres. He has won German national titles over 100 and 200 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay. [1]
He grew up in Hamburg and started athletics in 2014. In 2021, he became German champion in the 200 meters in Braunschweig running a time of 20.89 seconds. [2] That year, he was part of the German 4x200m relay team which won gold at the 2021 World Athletics Relays. [3] He travelled to Tokyo as part of the German sprint relay team for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games, but did not compete. [4]
In Leipzig in February 2022, he won the German national title over 200 metres indoors. [5] In June 2022, he won German national titles over both 100 metres and 200 metres in Berlin. [6] He competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon over 200 metres. [7]
He set a new personal best over 60 metres at the start of 2023, but missed most of the year with injury. [8]
He qualified for the final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 100 metres. He finished fifth in the final in 10.17 seconds. [9] Later on at the championships, he was a bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay. [10]
In June 2024, he won the 100 metres at the German Championships in Braunschweig, breaking the 10-second barrier for the first time. [11]
He has Ghanaian heritage. [12]
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