| Gemma Acheampong | |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | 100 metres, 200 metres |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 4 in[1] |
| Weight: | 118 lb |
| Education: | Boston University |
| Collegeteam: | Boston Terriers[2] |
| Coach: | Dave Hegland |
Gemma Acheampong (born February 13, 1993) is a Ghanaian-American athlete specialising in the sprinting events.[3] 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.[4]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 28th (h) | 200 m | 24.90 | |
| – | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | ||||
| African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 6th | 100 m | 11.74 | ||
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.06 | ||||
| 2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 10th (sf) | 100 m | 11.81 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.72 | |||
| 2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 6th | 100 m | 11.49 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.05 | |||
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.37 | ||
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.68 | |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 19th (sf) | 100 m | 11.79 | |
| 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.64 | ||||
| 2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.77 | |
| African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 11.93 | ||
| 8th | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.24 | ||||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 11th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.62 | ||
| 2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 12th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.85 | |
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