The Most Famous
ATHLETES from Ghana
This page contains a list of the greatest Ghanaian Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 1 of which were born in Ghana. This makes Ghana the birth place of the 141st most number of Athletes behind American Samoa, and Martinique.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ghanaian Athletes of all time. This list of famous Ghanaian Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ignisious Gaisah (b. 1983)
With an HPI of 30.66, Ignisious Gaisah is the most famous Ghanaian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Ignisious Gaisah (born 20 July 1983) is a Ghanaian-born athlete competing in the long jump for the Netherlands.
2. Aziz Zakari (b. 1976)
With an HPI of 28.48, Aziz Zakari is the 2nd most famous Ghanaian Athlete. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Abdul Aziz Zakari (born September 2, 1976) is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becoming injured at about the 35m mark. Also participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved second place in his 100 metres heat, thus making it through to the second round. Heading into the second round, he was victorious in a tough sprint, before achieving qualification from his semi-final. This good form was not able to continue, as he failed to finish in the final, staged on August 22, renowned as possibly the fastest collective 100 metre race in history, where six of the seven finishing athletes completed the race in ten seconds or less. He finally, for the first time, achieved a sub-10 second run on June 14, 2005, in Athens when he ran 9.99 seconds in Asafa Powell's world record breaking race. The Ghanaian record currently belongs to Leonard Myles-Mills with 9.98 seconds.In July 2006, Zakari was reported to have failed a drugs test for the banned substance stanozolol. The test was conducted In-Competition on 29 April 2006 at the IAAF Grand Prix Meeting in Dakar. On 25 September 2006 the IAAF suspended him for two years. After his suspension Zakari participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in which he ran the fourth time in his 100 metres heat, behind Richard Thompson, Martial Mbandjock and Simone Collio. His time of 10.34 was the third losing time after the 10.25 of Nobuharu Asahara, advancing him to the second round. There he improved his time to 10.24, but finished in fifth place of his heat, causing his elimination from the competition.
3. Margaret Simpson (b. 1981)
With an HPI of 21.94, Margaret Simpson is the 3rd most famous Ghanaian Athlete. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Margaret Simpson (born 31 December 1981 in Krapa) is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process. Her personal best is 6423 points, achieved in Götzis in May 2005.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Ghanaian athletes born between 1976 and 1983. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Ghanaian athletes include Ignisious Gaisah, Aziz Zakari, and Margaret Simpson. As of April 2024, 2 new Ghanaian athletes have been added to Pantheon including Aziz Zakari, and Margaret Simpson.
Living Ghanaian Athletes
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Ignisious Gaisah
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.66
Aziz Zakari
1976 - Present
HPI: 28.48
Margaret Simpson
1981 - Present
HPI: 21.94
