Eric Nkansah Appiah (born December 12, 1974) is a

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ian athlete specializing in the

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. He is one of the current national record holders in 4 x 100 m relay with 38,12 seconds, achieved at the 1997 World Championships in

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where the Ghanaian team finished fifth in the final. Participating in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, he achieved sixth place in his 100 metres heat, thus missing out on a placing in Round 2 of the event. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 African Championships His personal best time is 10.00 seconds, first achieved in June 1999 in

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. The Ghanaian record currently belongs to

Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard ("Leo") Myles-Mills (born May 9, 1973, in Accra, Greater Accra Region) is a Ghanaian former athlete who specialized in the 100 metres. He ran a personal best of 9.98 seconds for the event in 1998, becoming the first Ghanaian to break the ...

with 9.98 seconds.Ghanaian athletics records

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* * 1974 births Living people Ghanaian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ghana Fenerbahçe athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana World Athletics Championships athletes for Ghana African Games gold medalists for Ghana African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games silver medalists for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ghanaian people 21st-century Ghanaian people {{Ghana-athletics-bio-stub