| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Awuah Baffour |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 9 November 2003 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Club | Battaglio Cus Torino |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 60m: 6.65 (Apeldoorn, 2025) 100m: 10.17 (London, 2024) 200m: 20.71 (Rieti, 2024) |
Stephen Awuah Baffour (born 9 November 2003) is an Italian sprinter. He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. [1]
He was born in Pomezia, Rome to Ghanaian parents. He later lived and trained in Coventry, England and studied at De Montfort University. He is also a member of Battaglio Cus Torino. [2] [3] He had the option of taking a British passport but chose to run for Italy with the support of the Italian federation. [4]
He finished second in the 200 metres race at the 2023 British Indoor Athletics Championships, running 21.26 seconds. [5]
He won the 100 metres at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships in May 2024, running 10.44 seconds. [3] [6] He ran a personal best 10.29 seconds for the 100 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships in La Spezia in June 2024. In July , he lowered it to 10.24 to move to seventh on the Italian all-time U23 list. [2] In August 2024, racing in London he lowered it again to 10.17 seconds. [4] In 2024, he won winning two titles, over 100 metres and 200 metres, at the Italian U23 Championships. [7]
He finished second behind Yassin Bandaogo at the Italian Indoor Athletics Championships February 2025. [8] He was selected for the Italian team for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, where he ran a personal best 6.65 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals. In his semi-final he ran 6.67 seconds but did not proceed to the final. [9] [10] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in March 2025. He qualified for the semi-finals with a time of 6.66 seconds. In his semi-final he ran 6.67 seconds but did not progress through to the final. [11] [12] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025. [13]