Kwaku Boateng (high jumper)
Kwaku Boateng (born 30 June 1974 in , Ghana) is a Canadian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.34 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Zagreb. Boateng competed representing Ghana from 1993 to 1996. From January 1997 he has competed for Canada. His hometown is Montreal, Quebec. Boateng is father to Tristan Boateng, a basketball player (Class of 2025) attending Bill Crothers Secondary School in Markham, Ontario.
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Ghana | ||||
1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | 20th (q) | 2.05 m |
Representing Canada | ||||
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 18th (q) | 2.20 m |
1999 | Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | 1st | 2.25 m |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 6th | 2.29 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 12th | 2.25 m |
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 12th | 2.20 m |
Jeux de la Francophonie | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | 2nd | 2.31 m | |
World Championships | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | 8th | 2.25 m | |
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 2nd | 2.25 m |
2005 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Niamey, Niger | 2nd | 2.20 m |
External links[]
- Kwaku Boateng at World Athletics
- www.radio-canada.ca profile (in French)
Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Montreal
- Canadian male high jumpers
- Ghanaian male high jumpers
- Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Ghanaian emigrants to Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Black Canadian track and field athletes
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
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