Kennedy Osei (born 21 October 1966) 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 middle-distance runner who specialized in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. He won the bronze medal at the

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. He also competed at the World Championships in

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and

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as well as the World Indoor Championships in

and

, reaching the semifinals on each occasion.

Personal bests

- 1:45.13 min (1994) - national record.Ghanaian athletics records
*

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

- 3:47.10 min (1993) - national record is 3:46.62 min.

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* 1966 births Living people Ghanaian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ghana Fenerbahçe athletes African Games bronze medalists for Ghana African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games {{Ghana-athletics-bio-stub