Augustine K. Nketia (born 30 December 1970 in

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, Ghana) is a former

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

competitor, specialising in sprinting events, who represented both his home country and

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. Nketia represented

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until 1991 including the

1990 Commonwealth Games The 1990 Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1990 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Partic ...

. He competed for New Zealand at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

and the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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. His New Zealand Olympic athlete number is 733. He set the New Zealand national 100m record of 10.11 in 1994 and held it for 28 years before it was eclipsed by his son Eddie Osei-Nketia in 2022, and won five national titles over that distance.

Personal bests

References

*''Athletes at the Games'' by John Clark, page 170 (1998, Athletics New Zealand)

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* 1970 births Living people Ghanaian male sprinters New Zealand male sprinters Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes of New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for New Zealand Sportspeople from Kumasi New Zealand people of Ghanaian descent Ghanaian emigrants Naturalised citizens of New Zealand {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub