Martin Owusu-Antwi
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| Full name | Martin Owusu-Antwi | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 April 1995 Kumasi, Ghana | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 07in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 152 (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 best | 60 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
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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]
Athletics
[edit]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
[edit]- 100 meters: 10.45 s (+0.6 m / s), 11 May 2019 in Charlotte
- 60 meters (hall): 6.72 s, 25 February 2018 in Boston
- 200 meters: 20.70 s (+0.3 m / s), 24 May 2019 in Jacksonville
- 200 meters (hall): 20.79 s, 25 February 2018 in Boston
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Country | Event | Result | Time |
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| 2015 | Summer Universiade |  Gwangju
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100 m floors | Quarter Finals | 10"79 |
| 4x100 m | Batteria | 39"99 | |||
| 2016 | African Championships |  Durban
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200 m floors | Semifinal | 21"02 |
| 4x100 m | 6º | 40"21 | |||
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games |  Gold Coast
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200 m floors | Semifinal | 25"95 |
| 2019 | African Games |  Rabat
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200 m floors | Semifinal | 20"97 |
| 4x100 m | Gold | 38"30 | |||
| World Athletics Championships |  Doha
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4x100 m | Batteria | 38"24 |
Collegiate competitions
[edit]Representing Coppin State Eagles
[edit]| Year | Competition | Position | Event | Time | Wind | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships | 12th | 4x100 | 39.24 | N/A | Austin, United States |
| 2019 | Conference USA Outdoor Championships | 3rd | 100 m | 10.49 | +1.1 | Charlotte, United States |
| 2nd | 100 m | 10.45 | +0.6 | |||
| 2nd | 200 m | 20.87 | -0.1 | |||
| 1st | 4x100 | 39.35 | N/A | |||
| 1st | 4x100 | 3:14:50 | N/A | |||
| 2019 | NCAA Division I East Region Preliminary Rounds | 16th | 200 m | 20.73 | +1.4 | Jacksonville, United States |
| 19th | 200 m | 20.70 | +0.3 | |||
| 10th | 4x100 | 39.22 | N/A | |||
| 2nd | 4x100 | 3:04.09 | N/A |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics | Athlete Profile: Martin OWUSU-ANTWI - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ "Ghana Athletics team get support ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifier". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ "Martin Owusu-Antwi – Wikipedia". de.wikipedia.org (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ Martin Owusu-Antwi [1], .
- ^ "Martin Owusu-Antwi", Wikipedia (in Italian), 2020-05-03, retrieved 2021-08-22
- ^ "TFRRS | Martin Owusu-Antwi - Track and Field Results & Statistics". www.tfrrs.org. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
External links
[edit]Martin Owusu-Antwi at World Athletics
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