Joshua Owusu
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's Athletics | ||
Representing Ghana | ||
British Commonwealth Games | ||
1974 Christchurch | Triple Jump | |
All-Africa Games | ||
1973 Lagos | Long Jump |
Joshua Owusu (born October 2, 1948) is a retired Olympic track and field athlete from Ghana. He specialised in the triple jump and the long jump events during his career.
Owusu represented Ghana at the 1972 Olympic Games where he finished in fourth place, 2 cm out of a medal. He claimed the gold medal in the men's triple jump event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games for his native West African country. Video on YouTube
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joshua Owusu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Categories:
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian male triple jumpers
- Ghanaian male long jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Ghana
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- African Games gold medalists for Ghana
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1973 All-Africa Games
- T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School (Kumasi) alumni
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Ghanaian athletics biography stubs