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Benjamin Azamati
File:Benjamin Azamati AG2023.jpg
Azamati-Kwaku at the 2023 African Games
Personal information
NationalityGhanaian
BornBenjamin Azamati-Kwaku
(1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 28)
Akim Oda
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryGhana
SportAthletics
Event(s)
100 m, 200 m
College teamWest Texas A&M University
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 100 m: 9.90 (2022, NR)
200 m: 20.13 (2021)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2023 Accra 4×100 m relay

Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku (born 14 January 1998) is a Ghanaian sprinter, who currently competes for ASICS Global.

He made history by breaking a 22-year national record held by Leo Myles Mills on 26 March 2021 in Texas by clocking 9.97 seconds to qualify him for the Tokyo Summer Olympics.[1]

Mustafa Ussif, the Sports Minister and Dr Bella Bello Bitugu, the Director of the University of Ghana Sports Directorate, congratulated Benjamin Azamati on the national feat.[2]

Early life and education

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Azamati was born on 14 January 1998 to John and Faustina Azamati in Akim Oda, Ghana.[3][4]

His preferred sport growing up was football, but transitioned to athletics while attending Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School in Accra where his running talent was discovered by his PE masters (Nathaniel Botchway, Gideon Dukplah and Kofi Dadzie).[3][4]

Occupation and honors

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As a 21-year old, he emerged as an Olympic hopeful for Ghana in the sprints after running 100 metres in 10.02 seconds HT at the 2019 Ghana's Fastest Human competition.[5][6] He won a gold medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2019 African Games in Rabat. He won the GUSA 100m on two occasions.[4]

In 2021, he improved the 100m national record with 9.97 and improved his 200m personal best to 20.13.

On 25 March 2022, Azamati improved his own 100m national record to an early world lead of 9.90 seconds in Texas, USA, making him the joint 4th fastest collegiate of all-time with Trayvon Bromell.[7] This mark also placed him within the top 50 all-time 100m sprint performances with only 6 Africans running faster in the continent at the time.[8]

Career statistics

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Personal bests

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Surface Distance Time (s) W (m/s) Date Location Notes
Outdoor 100 metres 9.9 +2.0 25 March 2022 Austin, United States
200 metres 20.13 +1.1 8 May 2021 Canyon, United States
20.13 +1.4 9 April 2022 Canyon, United States
4 × 100 metres relay 38.07 — 5 May 2024 Nassau, The Bahamas NR
Indoor 60 metres 6.54 5 February 2022 Albuquerque, United States
200 metres 20.57 2022 Texas, United States

International championships

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Representing File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Year Competition Position Event Time Wind (m/s) Venue Notes
2019 African Games 9th (SF) 100 m 10.43 -0.6 Rabat, Morocco [9]
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.30 [10][11]
World Championships 13th (h) 4 x 100 m relay 38.24 SB Doha, Qatar [12]
2021 World Relay Championships DQ 4 x 100 m relay — Chorzów, Poland [13]
2020 Summer Olympics DQ 4 x 100 m relay — Tokyo [14]
2022 Oslo ExxonMobil Bislett Games 4th 100m 10.15 Oslo [15]
Paris-St-Denis Meeting Areva 8th 200m 20.77 Paris [16]
2022 World Athletics Championships 29th (h) 100 m 10.18 Eugene [17]
5th (F) 4 x 100 m relay 38.07 NR [18]
Commonwealth Games 4th (F) 100 m 10.16 Birmingham [3][19][20][21]
DQ 4 × 100 m relay TR 24.11 [22]
2024 2023 African Games 5th (F) 100 m 10.45 -0.8 Accra, Ghana [23]
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 38.43 [24]
2024 World Athletics Relays 2nd (rep) 4 × 100 m relay 38.29 Nassau, The Bahamas [25]
2024 Summer Olympics 25th (SF) 100 m 10.17 +0.7 Paris, France [26]
DQ 4 × 100 m relay TR 24.7 [27]
2025 2025 World Athletics Championships 34th (h) 100 m 10.30 -1.2 Tokyo, Japan [28]

References

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