Christian Nsiah (born 25 December 1975) is a retired

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ian sprinter who specialized in the

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. He competed at the 1999 World Championships and the Olympic Games in 1996,

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and 2004, but without reaching the final round on any occasion. His personal best times are 6.58 in the 60 metres, achieved in January 1999 in

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; 10.19 in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2000 in

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; and 20.48 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in April 2002 in

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. Together with Leo Myles-Mills, Aziz Zakari, and

Eric Nkansah Eric Nkansah Appiah (born December 12, 1974) is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He is one of the current national record holders in 4 x 100 m relay with 38,12 seconds, achieved at the 1997 World Championships in Athens where t ...

, he won the gold medal for the 4*100 meter relay at the

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in Abuja,

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. He is the current holder of the

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indoor 55 meters record (6.24 secs). There was a time he was mistakenly credited with the world record in the 55 meters, after his hand time of 5.81 secs was mistakenly recorded as electronic time. He attended

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, Tennessee, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in business administration (1999), Master's degree in financial economics (2001), and his Doctor of Philosophy in economics (2005). Other schools he attended includes Southern University at New Orleans, University of Ghana (Legon), Opoku Ware School (Kumasi, Ghana), and Martyrs of Uganda Preparatory School (Ghana).

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* 1975 births Living people Ghanaian male sprinters Middle Tennessee State University alumni Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ghana African Games gold medalists for Ghana African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Alumni of Opoku Ware School 20th-century Ghanaian people 21st-century Ghanaian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-athletics-bio-stub