Diana Yankey (in some sources "Dinah"; born 2 February 1967) is a retired

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian athlete who specialized in the

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

. She represented her country at the

1987 World Championships in Athletics The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987. Men's results Track 1983 , 1987 ...

and the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. She was twice champion at the

African Championships in Athletics The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organised ...

and took silver medals at the 1987 All-Africa Games and the 1988 African Championships in Athletics.

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* * 1967 births Living people Ghanaian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana World Athletics Championships athletes for Ghana African Games silver medalists for Ghana African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School (Kumasi) alumni 20th-century Ghanaian women 21st-century Ghanaian women Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-athletics-bio-stub