Eddie Osei-Nketia

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

Eddie 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 – 10.08 (2022)
200 m – 20.76
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  New Zealand
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Townsville 100 m
Updated on 5 April 2022.

Osei-Nketia is the son of Gus Nketia, the former 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 15 July 2022, he broke his father's the national record by running 10.08 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Osei-Nketia spent his last secondary school years at Scots College in Wellington.

International representation

In June 2019, Osei-Nketia 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] Osei-Nketia won the 2019 Australian Athletics Championships 100m in 10.22 after running a personal best of 10.19 in the semi-final.[3]

On 27 March 2021 he ran 10.12 in Brisbane, ranking him second on the New Zealand all-time list, 0.01 sec behind the National Record set by his father, Gus Nketia, in 1994,[4] and qualifying him by ranking for the 2020 Summer Olympics, but he was not nominated.[5]

Osei-Nketia broke his father's 100m record in finishing second in the 7th heat of the 100m 2022 World Athletics Championships in 10.08 seconds (wind -0.315m/s) on 15 July 2022.[6]

Domestic achievements

At the New Zealand National Track and Field champs in 2019 Osei-Nketia won the senior men's 100m. He followed this in 2020 by winning both the senior 100m and 200m,[7] a feat he repeated in 2022.

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. "What Edward Osei-Nketia needs to run to qualify for Olympics Games". Stuff. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. "Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records". www.anzrankings.org.nz. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. "New Zealand record and Australian title elude Edward Osei-Nketia in 100m final". 17 April 2021.
  6. "Oregon22 | WCH 22 | World Athletics".
  7. "Coronavirus: Edward Osei-Nketia's Australian Athletics Championships defence dashed". Stuff. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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