Edward Osei-Nketia

Edward Osei-Nketia
Personal information
Born	8 May 2001 (age 20); Auckland, New Zealand
Relatives	Gus Nketia (father)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m
Coached by	Gus Nketia; Gary Henley-Smith
Achievements and titles
National finals	New Zealand; 100 m champion (2019, 2020); 200 m champion (2020); Australia; 100 m champion (2019);
Personal best(s)	100 m – 10.12; 200 m – 20.76
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing New Zealand
Oceania Championships
	Updated on 18 September 2019.

Edward Osei-Nketia (born 8 May 2001) is a New Zealand sprinter.

He is the son of Gus Nketia, the New Zealand national 100 m record holder. In 2019, after winning the Australian national title at 100 m, he confirmed his national allegiance to New Zealand.^[1] On 27 March 2021, he set his current personal best time of 10.12 s. Osei-Nketia spent his last secondary school years at Scots College in Wellington.

International Representation[]

In June 2019, he won the title of the 100 m at the Oceania Championships in Townsville.

On 28 September 2019 he came fifth in his heat of the first round of the 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar with a time of 10.24s, missing out on a semi-final berth by 0.01s.^[2]

Qualified by ranking for the 2020 Summer Olympics, after finishing by 0.01 s from the National Record, he has withdrawn of participation.^[3]

Domestic Achievements[]

At the New Zealand National Track and Field champs in 2019 Osei-Nketia won the senior mens 100m. He followed this up in 2020 by winning both the senior 100m and 200m.^[4]

In 2019 Osei-Nketia won the Australian national title in the 100m. In the final Osei-Nketia clocked 10.22, running his personal best of 10.19 in the semi-final.^[5] On 27 March 2021 he ran 10.12 in Brisbane, which ranks him second on the New Zealand all-time list behind his father Gus Nketia (10.11).^[6]

References[]

^ "Sprinter Edward Osei-Nketia commits to Athletics New Zealand". NZ Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Kiwi teen Eddie Osei-Nketia cruelly misses out on World Athletics Champss 100m semi-final". tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^ "New Zealand record and Australian title elude Edward Osei-Nketia in 100m final". 17 April 2021.
^ "Coronavirus: Edward Osei-Nketia's Australian Athletics Championships defence dashed". Stuff. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^ "What Edward Osei-Nketia needs to run to qualify for Olympics Games". Stuff. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^ "Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records". www.anzrankings.org.nz. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

External links[]

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[nzherald-1] "Sprinter Edward Osei-Nketia commits to Athletics New Zealand". NZ Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[2] "Kiwi teen Eddie Osei-Nketia cruelly misses out on World Athletics Champss 100m semi-final". tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

[3] "New Zealand record and Australian title elude Edward Osei-Nketia in 100m final". 17 April 2021.

[4] "Coronavirus: Edward Osei-Nketia's Australian Athletics Championships defence dashed". Stuff. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[5] "What Edward Osei-Nketia needs to run to qualify for Olympics Games". Stuff. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[6] "Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records". www.anzrankings.org.nz. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

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v t New Zealand national champions in men's 100 m
Note: 100 yards before 1970
100 yards	1888: 1889: T.W. Lewis 1890: 1891: (NSW) 1892–1894: 1895: 1896: E.A. Robinson 1897: 1898–1900: George Smith 1901: 1902: George Smith 1903: L.B. Webster 1904: George Smith 1905: Arthur Duffey (USA) 1906: F.E. Drake 1907–1908: H. Henderson 1909–1910: 1911: 1912: 1913: A.T. Duncan 1914–1915: 1916–1919: not held 1920–1921: George Davidson 1922: Harry Wilson 1923: Morris Kirksey (USA) 1924: 1925: (AUS) 1926–1928: 1929–1930: Allan Elliot 1931: George Simpson (USA) 1932: Allan Elliot 1933–1935: J.B. Macfarlane 1936: 1937: W.J. Fitzsimmons 1938: Graham Quinn 1939: Frank Sharpley 1940: J. Sutherland 1941–1944: not held 1945–1946: 1947: John Treloar (AUS) 1948: Arthur Eustace 1949: Peter Henderson 1950: Clem Parker 1951: Arthur Eustace 1952–1953: H.R. Carter 1954–1959: Maurice Rae 1960: Graham Davy 1961–1963: Rod Heeps 1964: Don Mackenzie 1965–1966: Tony Steel 1967: 1968: Craig Daly 1969: Laurie D'Arcy
100 metres	1970: Laurie D'Arcy 1971: Bevan Smith 1972: Laurie D'Arcy 1973: 1974: Bevan Smith 1975: 1976: 1977: 1978: 1979: 1980: 1981: 1982–1983: Gary Henley-Smith 1984: 1985: Rhys Dacre 1986: 1987: 1988: Simon Poelman 1989: 1990: 1991: Gus Nketia (GHA) 1992–1994: Gus Nketia 1995: Mark Keddell 1996: Gus Nketia 1997: Chris Donaldson 1998: Matthew Coad 1999–2000: Chris Donaldson 2001: Matthew Coad 2002: James Dolphin 2003–2004: Donald MacDonald 2005–2006: James Dolphin 2007: James Dolphin / Chris Donaldson 2008: Chris Donaldson 2009–2011: 2012–2014: Joseph Millar 2015: 2016: 2017–2018: Joseph Millar 2019–2020: Edward Osei-Nketia 2021:

v t New Zealand national champions in men's 200 m
Note: 250 yards before 1901; 220 yards from 1901 to 1969
250 yards	1888: A.B. Williams 1889: H.M. Reeves 1890: 1891: (NSW) 1892: 1893: L.W. Harvey 1894: H.M. Reeves 1895: L. Broad 1896: 1897: 1898: 1899: 1900: George Smith
220 yards	1901: 1902–1903: L.B. Webster 1904: W. Anderson 1905–1906: F.E. Drake 1907–1908: E.E. Fisher 1909–1910: 1911–1912: 1913: A.T. Duncan 1914–1915: 1916–1919: not held 1920–1921: George Davidson 1922: Harry Wilson 1923: Morris Kirksey (USA) 1924: L.A. Tracey 1925: L.A. Tracey / R. Morgan 1926–1928: 1929: Allan Elliot 1930: George Golding (AUS) 1931: 1932: Allan Elliot 1933–1934: J.B. Macfarlane 1935: W.S. Bainbridge 1936: Graham Quinn 1937: W.J. Fitzsimmons 1938: Graham Quinn 1939: C. Robinson 1940: J. Ford 1941–1944: not held 1945–1946: 1947: John Treloar (AUS) 1948–1951: Dave Batten 1952–1954: Don Jowett 1955–1959: Maurice Rae 1960: 1961–1962: Dave Norris 1963: 1964: Don Mackenzie 1965–1966: Tony Steel 1967: 1968: 1969: Laurie D'Arcy
200 metres	1970: Laurie D'Arcy 1971–1975: Bevan Smith 1976: Terry Morrison 1977: 1978: 1979–1981: 1982–1983: Gary Henley-Smith 1984: 1985–1989: 1990: 1991: Gus Nketia (GHA) 1992: Gus Nketia 1993: Mark Keddell 1994: 1995: Mark Keddell 1996: Matthew Coad 1997: Chris Donaldson 1998: Matthew Coad 1999–2000: Chris Donaldson 2001: Matthew Coad 2002: 2003–2004: Dallas Roberts 2005–2008: James Dolphin 2009: 2010: James Dolphin 2011: 2012–2014: Joseph Millar 2015: James Mortimer 2016: 2017–2018: Joseph Millar 2019: 2020: Edward Osei-Nketia 2021: