Gemma Acheampong (born 13 February 1993) is a Ghanaian-American athlete specialising in the sprinting events. She holds the Ghanaian record in the rarely-contested indoor 300 meters event, and represented Ghana in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Competition record Representing 2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom28th (h)200 m24.90 –4 × 100 m relayDQAfrican ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco6th100 m11.743rd4 × 100 m relay44.062015African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo10th (sf)100 m11.812nd4 × 100 m relay43.722016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa6th100 m 11.492nd4 × 100 m relay44.05Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil14th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.372017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom10th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.682018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia19th (sf)100 m11.795th4 × 100 m relay43.642019World RelaysYokohama, Japan7th4 × 100 m relay44.77African GamesRabat, Morocco13th (sf)100 m11.938th4 × 100 m relay47.24World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar11th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.622021World RelaysChorzów, Poland12th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.85
Personal bests Outdoor 100 metres – 11.43 (+0.2 m/s) (Cape Coast 2016) 200 metres – 24.21 (+1.2 m/s) (Princeton 2014) Indoor 60 metres – 7.18 (Annapolis 2015) 200 metres – 24.41 (Boston 2015) 300 metres – 39.50 (Boston 2015)
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