Ernest Ahwireng Obeng (born 8 April 1956) is a retired

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ian sprinter who specialized in the

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. His personal best time was 10.21 seconds, achieved in August 1980 in

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. Ghana boycotted the Olympic Games that year. He represented Ghana up to 1986 and Great Britain from then until the end of his career. He won the gold medals at the 1979 African Championships and 1982 African Championships, and won a bronze medal at the 1981 Universiade. Obeng also competed at the 1983 World Championships, and won the British AAA Championships in 1985.AAA Championships (Men)
- GBR Athletics Obeng also represented Africa in the 100 metres at the

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, finishing second behind

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of Europe. He is now in charge of television operations for the

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, working from their offices in

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* * 1956 births Living people Ghanaian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana World Athletics Championships athletes for Ghana Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists for Ghana African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade {{Ghana-athletics-bio-stub