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Owen Ansah
German athlete (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Owen Ansah (born 28 November 2000) is a German sprinter, the first German to run under 10 seconds for the 100 metres. He has won German national titles over 100 and 200 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.[2]
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Ansah grew up in Hamburg and started athletics in 2014. In 2021, he became German champion in the 200 meters in Braunschweig running a time of 20.89 seconds.[3] That year, he was part of the German 4 × 200 m relay team which won gold at the 2021 World Athletics Relays.[4] He travelled to Tokyo as part of the German sprint relay team for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games, but did not compete.[5]
In Leipzig in February 2022, he won the German national title over 200 metres indoors.[6] In June 2022, he won German national titles over both 100 metres and 200 metres in Berlin.[7] He competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon over 200 metres.[8]
He set a new personal best over 60 metres at the start of 2023, but missed most of the year with injury.[9]
He qualified for the final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 100 metres. He finished fifth in the final in 10.17 seconds.[10] Later on at the championships, he was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 100 metres relay.[11]
In June 2024, he won the 100 metres at the German Championships in Braunschweig, breaking the 10-second barrier for the first time.[12] He competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[13] He also competed in the men's 4 × 100 m relay at the Games.[14]
He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025. On the second day of the competition he helped Germany place sixth overall, having previously helped the country secure a qualifying place for the upcoming World Championships.[15]
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He has Ghanaian heritage.[16]
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