Ghana competed at the

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in the Gold Coast,

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from April 4 to April 15, 2018. It was Ghana's 16th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. Boxer Abdul Omar was the country's flag bearer during the

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Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events ;Combined events –

Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...

;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

Badminton

Ghana participated with eight athletes (four men and four women) ;Singles ;Doubles ;Mixed team ;Roster * Stella Amasah * Grace Atipaka *

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Emmanuel Donkor Emmanuel Yaw Donkor (born 13 January 1994) is a Ghanaian badminton player. He competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2016, he was the runner-up at the Rose Hill International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Gi ...

Gifty Mensah Gifty Mensah (born 7 October 1998) is a Ghanaian badminton player who joined the national team in 2010. In 2011, she plays for Accra, compete at the Ghana Independence Day Open Championship. She won a gold in the women's doubles and a silver in ...

* Eyram Migbodzi *

Daniel Sam Daniel Anthony Sam (born 13 August 1981) is an English super heavyweight kickboxer and is currently ranked UK number 1 in the heavyweight division of Muay Thai. He has fought on the top kickboxing promotions including Enfusion, SUPERKOMBAT, G ...

;Pool D

Boxing

Ghana participated with a team of 7 athletes (7 men) ;Men

Cycling

Ghana participated with 5 athletes (5 men).

Road

;Men

Track

;Sprint ;Time trial

Hockey

Ghana qualified a women's ieldhockey team of 18 athletes, after being ranked in the top nine in the Commonwealth (minus the host nation Australia). This will mark the country's Commonwealth debut in the sport.

Women's tournament

;Roster * Juwaila Acquah * Janet Adampa * Bennedicta Adjei *

Lydia Afriyie Lydia ( Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish provin ...

Cecilia Amoako Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls bo ...

* Mavis Ampem-Darkoa *

Bridget Azumah Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun ''brígh'', meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternate meaning of the name is "exalted one". Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of ...

* Mavis Berko * Serwaa Boakye * Ernestina Coffie *

Emelia Fosuaa Emmelia of Caesarea was born in Cappadocia, a province of the Roman Empire (nowadays Central Anatolia, Turkey). She died on 30 May 375 AD. She was born in the late third to early fourth century, a period in time when Christianity was becoming mor ...

Vivian Narkuor Vivian may refer to: * Vivian (name), a given name and also a surname Toponyms * Vivian, Louisiana, U.S. * Vivian, South Dakota, U.S. * Vivian, West Virginia, U.S. * Vivian Island, Nunavut, Canada * Ballantrae, Ontario, a hamlet in Stouffv ...

* Elizabeth Opoku * Roberta Owusu * Martha Safoa * Adizatu Sulemana * Nafisatu Umaru * Deborah Whyte ;Pool B ---- ---- ---- ;Ninth and tenth place

Shooting

Ghana participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Swimming

Ghana participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women). ;Men ;Women

Table tennis

Ghana participated with 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women). ;Singles ;Doubles ;Team

Weightlifting

Ghana participated with 4 athletes (3 men and 1 woman).

References

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