Esther Dankwah
{{Short description|Ghanaian sprinter (born 1982)}}
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Esther Dankwah (born June 25, 1982) is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. She has been living in the Netherlands since 2003.
She won the bronze medal with the African 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. With the Ghanaian 4 x 100 metres relay team she won a gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games and a silver medal at the 2008 African Championships.
Achievements
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{GHA}} |
|---|
| rowspan=5|1999
|rowspan=4|African Junior Championships |rowspan=4|Tunis, Tunisia |4th |100 m |12.12 |
| 5th
|200 m |25.03 (w) |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay |47.13 |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m relay |3:41.83 |
| All-Africa Games
|20th (h) |100 m |
| rowspan=2|2006
|rowspan=2|African Championships |rowspan=2|Bambous, Mauritius |11th (h) |100 m |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m relay |
| rowspan=4|2007
|rowspan=3|All-Africa Games |rowspan=3|Algiers, Algeria |15th (sf) |100 m |
| 14th (sf)
|200 m |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 × 100 m relay |
| World Championships
|12th (h) |4 × 100 m relay |
| rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2|African Championships |rowspan=2|Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |11th (sf) |100 m |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|4 × 100 m relay |
Personal bests
- 60 metres - 7.35 s (2006, indoor)
- 100 metres - 11.56 s (2005)
- 200 metres - 23.97 s (2007)
External links
- http://www.estherdankwah.nl {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817132847/http://www.estherdankwah.nl/ |date=2007-08-17 }}
- {{World Athletics}}
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Category:Ghanaian female sprinters
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ghana
Category:African Games gold medalists for Ghana
Category:African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games
Category:20th-century Ghanaian sportswomen
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportswomen
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