Augustine K. Nketia (born 30 December 1970 in

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, Ghana) is a former

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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 () 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. Participants competed in ten sports: at ...

. 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, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

and the

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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 Edward Osei-Nketia (born 8 May 2001) is a New Zealand sprinter. Osei-Nketia is the son of Gus Nketia, the former New Zealand national 100 m record holder. In 2019, after winning the Australian national title at 100 m, he confirmed ...

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 athletes for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes for 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 New Zealand Athletics Championships winners {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub