Benjamin Azamati
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| Birth name | Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ghanaian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1998 Akim Oda | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ghana | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | West Texas A&M University | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.