George Acquaah
{{Short description|Ghanaian sprinter (1925–1963)}}
File:Helsinki Olympics 1952 (545-OS; JOKAHBL3D C01-203).tif in 1952 Summer Olympics]]
George Wilson Acquaah (3 October 1925 – 18 December 1963) Ghanaian track and field sprinter who competed at the 1952 Olympic Games.
In 1952, George Acquaah appeared as one of seven athletes for the Gold Coast at the Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki. In the seventh heat for the 100 metres race the 26-year-old was eliminated with a time of 11.1 seconds in fifth place. In the second heat of the 4×100 metres relay the Gold Coast team, with Acquaah as the second runner and with Gabriel Laryea, John Owusu and Augustus Lawson, earned a time of 42.1 seconds putting them in fourth place, which again led to an elimination.
References
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Category:Ghanaian male sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Ghana
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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