Bismark Boateng
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| Born | March 15, 1992 Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m=10.14 (2018) 200=20.67 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bismark Boateng (born March 15, 1992) is a Canadian track and field athlete specializing in the sprint events.[1] Born in Ghana, Boateng moved to Canada when he was 14 for better opportunities and lives in Toronto, Ontario.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Bismark studied at Monsignor Percy Johnson Catholic Secondary School in Etobicoke. Boateng was originally a soccer player, but decided to switch to track and field after watching the 2012 Canadian Olympic trials. Boateng started running competitively in 2013.[1][2]
Boateng's first major competition was the 2015 Summer Universiade, where he finished in eleventh in the 100 m and tenth in the 4x100 relay.[1] Boateng competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he made the semi-finals in the 200 m and was disqualified in the 4x100 relay.[1]
At the 2018 NACAC Championships in his hometown of Toronto, Boateng was part of the gold medal 4x100 relay winning team.[3]
In July 2021, Boateng was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team in the men's 100 metres and 4x100 relay.[4][5] He placed sixth in his heat with a time of 10.47, and did not advance. Speaking afterward, Boateng attributed this to an injury sustained at his prior competition, and said he felt the race went "pretty well."[6]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Bismark Boateng at World AthleticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Bismark Boateng at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Track and field athletes from Toronto
- Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada
- Canadian people of Ghanaian descent
- Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- York Lions players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian men sprinters
- Canadian sprinter stubs