Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah Explained

Rose Yeboah
Fullname:Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah
Nationality:Ghana
Birth Date:23 December 2001
Birth Place:Accra, Ghana
Country:Ghana
Sport:High jump
Event:Women's 1.84m
Collegeteam:University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Coach:Petros Kyprianou
Updated:22 July 2024

Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah (born December 23, 2001) is a Ghanaian high jumper.[1] [2] [3]

Yeboah first gained international experience in 2019 at the XIV African U20 Championships in Abidjan, where she won the gold medal in high jump with a height of 1.83 m. In August, she also competed at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, increasing by one centimeter, and thus also won another gold medal in the high jump event.[4] [5] [6] Prior to that she represented Ghana and won gold medals at both the Ecowas U-20 Championships in Abidjan and the All-Africa University Games in Egypt.[7] [8] [9]

Other sports that she plays are hockey and basketball. In high school, her team Kumasi Girls Senior High School won gold at the Spriteball Championship, where she won MVP.

Education

She had her secondary education at Kumasi Girls Senior High School.[10] After previously attending the University of Cape Coast, Yeboah joined the University of Illinois for the 2023-24 collegiate season.[11] On 8 June 2024, Yeboah won the NCAA outdoor high jump national title with a 1.97m jump.[12]

Personal bests

Notes and References

  1. Web site: African Games: Rose Yeboah wins gold in women's high jump. www.ghanaweb.com. en. 2019-10-19.
  2. Web site: Meet Rose Yeboah the UCC student who has won Ghana gold at African Games. Effah. K.. 2019-08-28. Yen.com.gh . en. 2019-10-19.
  3. Web site: AFRICAN GAMES 2019: Teenager Rose Amoaniamaa Yeboah wins first Gold for Ghana – Ghana Sports Online. en-US. 2019-10-19. 2019-08-27.
  4. Web site: Rose Yeboah wins Ghana's first gold. 2019-08-18. Graphic Online. en-gb. 2019-10-19.
  5. Web site: Rose Yeboah wins Ghana's first gold. BusinessGhana. 2019-10-19.
  6. Web site: Ghana wins first gold medal at 2019 African Games in Morocco. 2019-08-27. www.pulse.com.gh. en-US. 2019-10-19.
  7. Web site: Update of the African Universities Olympic games in Cairo-Egypt. www.atlfmonline.com. 2019-10-19.
  8. Web site: CAA U18 and U20: Ghana wins first medals at athletics championships. 2019-04-18. Citinewsroom . en-US. 2019-10-19.
  9. Web site: CAA U18 and U20: Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah wins high jump gold . www.ghaathletics.com. 2019-10-19.
  10. Web site: Who Is Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah?. Modern Ghana. en. 2020-04-18.
  11. Web site: Rose Yeboah - 2023-24 - Women's Track & Field . 2024-07-22 . University of Illinois Athletics . en.
  12. Web site: 2024-06-08 . Yeboah Emerges as Women’s Program’s First High Jump National Champion . 2024-07-22 . University of Illinois Athletics . en.
  13. Web site: CAA U18 and U20: Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah wins high jump gold . www.ghaathletics.com. 2020-04-18.
  14. Web site: Rose Yeboah wins Ghana's first gold. Graphic Online. en-gb. 2020-04-18.
  15. Web site: Rose Yeboah Sets New GUSA Games Record In High Jump. Okine. Sammy Heywood. News Ghana. en-US. 2020-04-18.

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