GOC announces Ghana’s team for Rio 2016

The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) announces Ghana’s team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, to be held in Rio from 5^th-21^st August.

The team will comprise 16 first-time Olympians, after the sport of athletics produced 11 qualifiers to join 2 swimmers (Kaya Forson and Abeiku Jackson), 1 weightlifter (Christian Amoah), 1 judoka (Szandra Szogedi), and 1 boxer (Abdul Wahid Omar). Omar was one of Ghana’s two bronze medalists from the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

From athletics, the team comprises six individual qualifiers: Flings Owusu-Agyapong (100m), Janet Amponsah (200m), John Ampomah (Javelin), Emmanuel Dasor (200m), Alex Amankwah (800m), and Sean Safo-Antwi (100m) and the 15^th-placed women’s 4x100m relay team to be selected from Gemma Acheampong, Beatrice Gyaman, Dorcas Gyimah, Persis William-Mensah, and Akua Obeng-Akrofi.

Below is the full list:

Swimming

Kaya Forson

Abeiku Jackson

Weightlifting

Christian Amoah

Judo

Szandra Szogedi

Boxing

Abdul Wahid Omar

Athletics

Flings Owusu-Agyapong (100m)

Janet Amponsah (200m)

John Ampomah (Javelin)

Emmanuel Dasor (200m)

Alex Amankwah (800m)

Sean Safo-Antwi (100m)

15^th-placed women’s 4x100m relay: Gemma Acheampong, Beatrice Gyaman, Dorcas Gyimah, Persis William-Mensah, and Akua Obeng-Akrofi.

Source: Ghana Olympic Committee