Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah

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Rose Yeboah
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2023 African Games
Personal information
Full nameRose Amoanimaa Yeboah
NationalityGhana
Born (2001-12-23) 23 December 2001 (age 24)
Accra, Ghana
Sport
CountryGhana
SportHigh jump
Event
Women's 1.97m
College teamUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Coached byPetros Kyprianou
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat High jump
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra High jump
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint Pierre High jump
Gold medal – first place 2024 Douala High jump
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu High jump
NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship
Gold medal – first place 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships high jump
Updated on 22 July 2024

Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah (born December 23, 2001) is a Ghanaian high jumper.[1][2][3]

In 2025, she became the first Ghanaian to qualify for the final of the women’s high jump[4] at the World Athletics Championships held in Tokyo, Japan. Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah wrote her name into the history books by qualifying for the women’s high jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, becoming the first Ghanaian athlete to reach an individual final at the championships since 2005.[5]


Yeboah first gained international experience in 2019 at the XIV African U20 Championships in Abidjan, where she won the gold medal in high jump with a height of 1.83 m. In August, she also competed at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, increasing by one centimeter, and thus also won another gold medal in the high jump event.[6][7][8] Prior to that she represented Ghana and won gold medals at both the Ecowas U-20 Championships in Abidjan and the All-Africa University Games in Egypt.[9][10][11]

Other sports that she plays are hockey and basketball. In high school, her team Kumasi Girls Senior High School won gold at the Spriteball Championship, where she won MVP.[12]

Education

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She had her secondary education at Kumasi Girls Senior High School.[12] After previously attending the University of Cape Coast,[1][2] Yeboah joined the University of Illinois for the 2023-24 collegiate season.[13] On 8 June 2024, Yeboah won the NCAA outdoor high jump national title with a 1.97m jump.[14]

Personal bests

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  • High jump: 1.83 m, April 2019 CAA U-18 and U-20 Abidjan.[15]
  • High jump: 1.84 m, 27 August 2019 in Rabat.[16]
  • High jump: 1.85 m, January 2020 GUSA Games Legon.[17]
  • High jump: 1.97m, June 2024, NCAA Championships[14]

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