Edward Osei-Nketia

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

Edward Osei-Nketia
Personal information
Born (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001
Auckland, New Zealand
RelativesGus Nketia (father)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
Coached byGus Nketia
Gary Henley-Smith
Achievements and titles
National finals
  • New Zealand
  • 100 m champion (2019, 2020, 2022)
  • 200 m champion (2020, 2022)
  • 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
2019 Townsville 100 m
Updated on 5 April 2022.

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 0.01s outside the National Record, he was not nominated for selection.[3]

Domestic achievements

At the New Zealand National Track and Field champs in 2019 Osei-Nketia won the senior men's 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 a 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
  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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