Benjamin Azamati Explained

Benjamin Azamati
Birth Name:Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku
Nationality:Ghanaian
Country:Ghana
Sport:Athletics
Event:100 m, 200 m
Collegeteam:West Texas A&M University
Pb:200 m: 20.13 (2021)
Birth Date:14 January 1998
Birth Place:Akim Oda
Height:1.70 m
Weight:60 kg

Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku (born 14 January 1998) is a Ghanaian sprinter, who currently competes for ASICS Global.

He made history by breaking a 22-year national record held by Leo Myles Mills on 26 March 2021 in Texas by clocking 9.97 seconds to qualify him for the Tokyo Summer Olympics.[1]

Mustafa Ussif, the Sports Minister and Dr Bella Bello Bitugu, the Director of the University of Ghana Sports Directorate, congratulated Benjamin Azamati on the national feat.[2]

Early life and education

Azamati was born on 14 January 1998 to John and Faustina Azamati in Akim Oda, Ghana.[3] [4]

His preferred sport growing up was football, but transitioned to athletics while attending Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School in Accra where his running talent was discovered by his PE masters (Nathaniel Botchway, Gideon Dukplah and Kofi Dadzie).[3]

Occupation and honors

As a 21-year old he emerged as an Olympic hopeful for Ghana in the sprints after running 100 metres in 10.02 seconds HT at the 2019 Ghana's Fastest Human competition.[5] [6] He won a gold medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2019 African Games in Rabat. He won the GUSA 100m on two occasions.

In 2021, he improved the 100m national record with 9.97 and improved his 200m personal best to 20.13.

On 25 March 2022, Azamati improved his own 100m national record to an early world lead of 9.90 seconds in Texas, USA, making him the joint 4th fastest collegiate of all-time with Trayvon Bromell.[7] This mark also placed him within the top 50 all-time 100m sprint performances with only 6 Africans running faster in the continent at the time.[8]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

Achievements

International championships

Representing
Year Competition Position Event Time Wind (m/s) Venue Notes
2019 bgcolor=gold1st 38.30 [9] [10]
13th 38.24 (SB) [11]
2021 - [12]
- [13]
2022 Oslo ExxonMobil Bislett Games 4th 100m 10.15 [14]
8th 200m 20.77 [15]
29th 100m 10.18 [16]
5th 4 x 100m relay 38.07 (NR) [17]
4th 10.16 [18] [19] [20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-03-29. Leo Myles Mills reacts to Benjamin Azamati’s 100m national record. 2021-04-01. GhanaWeb.
  2. Web site: Sports Minister, University of Ghana congratulate Benjamin Azamati on new 100m record . 2021-04-01. myjoyonline.com.
  3. Web site: Athletics – Benjamin Azamati Kwaku (Ghana). 2021-09-03. www.the-sports.org.
  4. Web site: 2022-08-10 . Benjamin Azamati: All you need to know about Ghana's sprint king . 2023-10-10 . GhanaWeb . en.
  5. Web site: Online . African Post . 2021-03-27 . 23-year-old Ghanaian sprinter, Benjamin Azamati breaks a 22-year-old record and set for Tokyo 2021 Olympics . 2024-03-23 . African Post Online . en-GB.
  6. Web site: 2019-06-10. Benjamin Azamati: Ghana's Beacon of Hope In Athletics. 2020-06-25. Kwesilive.com.
  7. Web site: USTFCCCA InfoZone: Records and Lists ::: USTFCCCA . 2022-03-27 .
  8. Web site: 100 Metres - men - senior - outdoor . 2022-03-26 . worldathletics.org.
  9. Web site: 12th African Games Athletics – Results Book – Rabat, Morocco, 26th – 30th August 2019" . www.atos.net . ATOS . 7 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901063534/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf . 1 September 2019 . 57 . pdf . 29 August 2019 . dead.
  10. Web site: Athletics - African Games 2019 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org . 7 August 2022.
  11. Web site: 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Round 1 . www.iaaf.org . 4 October 2019 . 7 August 2022.
  12. Web site: World Relay Championships Athletics 2021 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org . 7 August 2022.
  13. Web site: Athletics - Tokyo 2021 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org . 7 August 2022.
  14. Web site: Oslo ExxonMobil Bislett Games Athletics 2022 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org . 7 August 2022.
  15. Web site: Paris-St-Denis Meeting Areva Athletics 2022 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org . 7 August 2022.
  16. Web site: World Championships de Athletics 2022 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org . 7 August 2022.
  17. Web site: World Championships de Athletics 2022 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org . 7 August 2022.
  18. Web site: Athletics - Commonwealth Games 2022 - Results Men . www.the-sports.org . 7 August 2022.
  19. Web site: Benjamin Azamati finishes 4th in 100m final at the Commonwealth Games . GhanaWeb . 7 August 2022 . en . 3 August 2022.
  20. Web site: Commonwealth Games: Benjamin Azamati finishes 4th in men’s 100m final - MyJoyOnline.com . www.myjoyonline.com . The Multimedia Group . 7 August 2022 . Accra . 3 August 2022.

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