Flings Owusu-Agyapong (born 16 October 1988) is a Ghanaian sprinter.[3] She was born in Kumasi, Ghana to parents Kwadwo Agyapong and Adwoa Akomaa and moved to Toronto, Canada when she was 9 years old. She started training with the Flying Angels athletics club after her sophomore year of high school. In 2006 and 2007 she made the Ontario provincial team for the National Scholastic Indoor Championships.[4]
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| Full name | Flings Joyner Owusu-Agyapong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1988 Kumasi, Ghana[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Syracuse University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 metres, 100 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Syracuse Orange | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dave Hegland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Owusu-Agyapong attended Syracuse University on an athletic scholarship. While at Syracuse she broke the school records for the 55, 60, and 100 metres and was a two-time 2nd team All-American. She graduated from Syracuse with a Bachelor of Science degree in public health.[5]
She competed in the 100 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[6] She was also the flag bearer for the Ghanaian team at the opening ceremony.[7][8]
Career
editOwusu-Agyapong competed in the 60 metres at the 2014 and 2016 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round.
She competed in the 100 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She achieved qualification for the 100 metres in April 2016 by running 11.30 at the 2016 Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational in Miami, Florida.[9] With her teammates Gemma Acheampong, Janet Amponsah, and Beatrice Gyaman she achieved qualification for the 4 x 100 metres relay on 8 July 2016 by running 42.67 to win the 4 x 100 metres at the Soga-Nana Memorial meet in Cape Coast.[10] The time of 42.67 was a new national record, eclipsing the previous record of 43.19 that had stood since 2000. The same team also won silver at the 2016 African Championships in Durban in June 2016 in a time of 44.05.[11]
At the 2016 Olympics she finished 4th in her heat of the 100 metres in a time of 11.43 but did not advance to the semifinals. In the 4 × 100 metres the team finished 8th in their heat in a time of 43.47 and did not qualify for the final.
Competition record
edit1Disqualified in the semifinals
Personal bests
editOutdoor
- 100 metres – 11.26 (+0.3 m/s, Clermont 2016)
- 200 metres – 23.28 (+1.7 m/s, Coral Gables 2016)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.18 (New York 2015) NR
- 200 metres – 23.34 (Boston 2016) NR
References
edit- ^ 2014 CWG profile
- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Flings Owusu-Agyapong". IAAF. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Flings Joyner Owusu-Agyapong - about". flingsjoyner.com. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Flings Owusu-Agyapong - 2011-12 Track and Field". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Flings Owusu-Agyapong athlete profile". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Nitro. "Flings Owusu-Agyapong named Ghana's team captain for Rio 2016 | OC SPORTS NEWS". www.ocsportsnews.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Flag bearers of all nations at the opening ceremony for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Zurek, Kweku. "Athletics - Flings Owusu-Agyapong makes it to Rio - Graphic Online". Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ admin (8 July 2016). "Soga-Nana Memorial, Cape Coast (Ghana) 8/07/2016 | Africathle". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ webmaster. "Ghana's women's relay team wins silver at All-Africa games competition". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
