Owen Ansah
{{Short description|German athlete (born 2000)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Owen Ansah
| birth_name =
| image = 2022-08-18_European_Championships_2022_–_Men's_200_Metres_by_Sandro_Halank–052.jpg
| caption = Ansah in 2022
| nationality = German
| sport = Athletics
| event = {{ubl|Sprints|Relays}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|28|df=yes}}
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| death_date =
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| height = 1.90 m{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/owen-ansah_1920355 |title=ANSAH Owen |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |access-date=24 December 2024 }}
| weight =
| club = Hamburger SV
| coach = Sebastian Bayer
| pb = {{ubl
| Outdoor
| 100 m: 9.99 {{AthAbbr|NR|German}} (2024)
| 200 m: 20.35 (2021)
| Indoor
| 60 m: 6.58 (2023)
}}
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Rome|4×100 m relay}}
}}
Owen Ansah (born 28 November 2000) is a German sprinter, the first German to run under 10 seconds for the 100 metres. He has won German national titles over 100 and 200 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay.{{cite web|title=Owen Ansah|accessdate=8 June 2024|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/owen-ansah-14812323|website=World Athletics}}
Career
He grew up in Hamburg and started athletics in 2014. In 2021, he became German champion in the 200 meters in Braunschweig running a time of 20.89 seconds.{{cite web|first=Felix|last=Willeke|title=Owen Ansah: In the fast lane|date=August 4, 2021|accessdate=8 June 2024|url= https://szene-hamburg.com/olympia-owen-ansah-sprinter-hamburg/}} That year, he was part of the German 4x200m relay team which won gold at the 2021 World Athletics Relays.{{cite web|url= https://www.hsv-ev.de/news/hsv-sprinter-bei-world-relays-siegreich|website=hsv-ev.de|accessdate=8 June 2024|title= HSV SPRINTER VICTORIOUS AT WORLD RELAYS|date=3 May 2021}} He travelled to Tokyo as part of the German sprint relay team for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games, but did not compete.{{cite web|url= https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/fussball/hsv/article233922005/ansah-und-ansah-peprah-verlaengern-beim-hsv-news-topsprinter-bayer-mannheim-vertraege.html|website=abendblatt|accessdate=8 June 2024|title= Ansah und Ansah-Peprah verlängern beim HSV
|date=24 November 2021|first=Maximilian|last=Bronner}}
In Leipzig in February 2022, he won the German national title over 200 metres indoors.{{cite web|url= https://www.ndr.de/sport/mehr_sport/Leichtathletik-DM-Gold-geht-in-Berlin-ueber-zwei-HSV-Sprinter,leichtathletik2188.html|website=ndr.de|accessdate=8 June 2024|title= German Athletics Championships: Gold goes to two HSV sprinters in Berlin|date=23 June 2022}} In June 2022, he won German national titles over both 100 metres and 200 metres in Berlin.{{cite web|url=https://www.leichtathletik.de/aktuelles/videos/videoarchiv/video-detail/detail/22283-owen-ansah-ich-hoffe-dass-es-so-weitergehen-kann |website=Leichtathletik.de|accessdate=8 June 2024|title= Owen Ansah: "Ich hoffe, dass es so weitergehen kann"|date=25 June 2022}} He competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon over 200 metres.{{cite web|url= https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article239999093/Leichtathletik-WM-Owen-Ansah-trotz-Vorlauf-Aus-zufrieden.html|website=welt.de|accessdate=8 June 2024|title= Athletics World Championships: Owen Ansah satisfied despite preliminary round elimination|date=19 July 2022}}
He set a new personal best over 60 metres at the start of 2023, but missed most of the year with injury.{{cite web|url= https://www.leichtathletik.de/aktuelles/news/news-detail/78797-owen-ansah-alle-augen-auf-2024|website=Leichtathletik.de|accessdate=8 June 2024|title= Owen Ansah: All eyes on 2024|date=8 December 2023}}
He qualified for the final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 100 metres. He finished fifth in the final in 10.17 seconds.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229630&gender=M|website=World Athletics|accessdate=8 June 2024|date=8 June 2024|title=European Athletics Championships}} Later on at the championships, he was a bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=204593|website=World Athletics|accessdate=12 June 2024|date=12 June 2024|title=European Athletics Championships}}
In June 2024, he won the 100 metres at the German Championships in Braunschweig, breaking the 10-second barrier for the first time.{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/national-championships-roundup-german-100m-record-of-9-99-for-ansah|website=European-Athletics|access-date=1 July 2024|date=30 June 2024|title=German 100m record of 9.99 for Ansah}} He competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5834/men-s-100m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Men's 100 Metres - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=4 August 2024}} He also competed in the men's 4x100m relay at the Games.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5861/men-s-4x100m-relay-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Men's 4 x 100 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=9 August 2024}}