Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah

{{Short description|Ghanaian high jumper (born 2001)}}

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| collegeteam = University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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{{Medal|Gold|2019 Rabat|High jump}}

{{Medal|Gold|2023 Accra|High jump}}

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{{Medal|Gold|2022 Saint Pierre|High jump}}

{{Medal|Gold|2024 Douala|High jump}}

{{MedalCompetition|World University Games}}

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{{MedalCompetition|NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship}}

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Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah (born December 23, 2001) is a Ghanaian high jumper.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/African-Games-Rose-Yeboah-wins-gold-in-women-s-high-jump-775982|title=African Games: Rose Yeboah wins gold in women's high jump|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://yen.com.gh/132355-rose-yeboah-wins-ghana-gold-womens-high-jump-african-games.html|title=Meet Rose Yeboah the UCC student who has won Ghana gold at African Games|last=Effah|first=K.|date=2019-08-28|website=Yen.com.gh |language=en|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://ghanasportsonline.com/2019/08/african-games-2019-teenager-rose-amoaniamaa-yeboah-wins-first-gold-for-ghana/|title=AFRICAN GAMES 2019: Teenager Rose Amoaniamaa Yeboah wins first Gold for Ghana – Ghana Sports Online|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-19|date=2019-08-27}}

Yeboah first gained international experience in 2019 at the XIV African U20 Championships in Abidjan, where she won the gold medal in high jump with a height of 1.83 m. In August, she also competed at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, increasing by one centimeter, and thus also won another gold medal in the high jump event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/ghananews-rose-yeboah-wins-ghana-s-first-gold.html|title=Rose Yeboah wins Ghana's first gold|date=2019-08-18|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessghana.com/|title=Rose Yeboah wins Ghana's first gold|website=BusinessGhana|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/sports/ghana-wins-first-gold-medal-at-2019-african-games-in-morocco/xln66nj|title=Ghana wins first gold medal at 2019 African Games in Morocco|date=2019-08-27|website=www.pulse.com.gh|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-19}} Prior to that she represented Ghana and won gold medals at both the Ecowas U-20 Championships in Abidjan and the All-Africa University Games in Egypt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlfmonline.com/43-in-house/16215-update-of-the-african-universities-olympic-games-in-cairo-egypt.html|title=Update of the African Universities Olympic games in Cairo-Egypt|last=|first=|date=|website=www.atlfmonline.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2019/04/caa-u18-and-u20-ghana-wins-first-medals-at-athletics-championships/|title=CAA U18 and U20: Ghana wins first medals at athletics championships|date=2019-04-18|website=Citinewsroom |language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghaathletics.com/?p=athletics&id=250|title=CAA U18 and U20: Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah wins high jump gold |website=www.ghaathletics.com|access-date=2019-10-19}}

Other sports that she plays are hockey and basketball. In high school, her team Kumasi Girls Senior High School won gold at the Spriteball Championship, where she won MVP.

Education

She had her secondary education at Kumasi Girls Senior High School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/952493/who-is-rose-amoanimaa-yeboah.html|title=Who Is Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah?|website=Modern Ghana|language=en|access-date=2020-04-18}} After previously attending the University of Cape Coast, Yeboah joined the University of Illinois for the 2023-24 collegiate season.{{Cite web |title=Rose Yeboah - 2023-24 - Women's Track & Field |url=https://fightingillini.com/sports/womens-track-and-field/roster/rose-yeboah/14142 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=University of Illinois Athletics |language=en}} On 8 June 2024, Yeboah won the NCAA outdoor high jump national title with a 1.97m jump.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-08 |title=Yeboah Emerges as Women’s Program’s First High Jump National Champion |url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2024/6/8/womens-track-field-yeboah-emerges-as-womens-programs-first-high-jump-national-champion.aspx |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=University of Illinois Athletics |language=en}}

Personal bests

  • High jump: 1.83 m, April 2019 CAA U-18 and U-20 Abidjan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghaathletics.com/?p=athletics&id=250|title=CAA U18 and U20: Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah wins high jump gold |website=www.ghaathletics.com|access-date=2020-04-18}}
  • High jump: 1.84 m, 27 August 2019 in Rabat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/ghananews-rose-yeboah-wins-ghana-s-first-gold.html|title=Rose Yeboah wins Ghana's first gold|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-04-18}}
  • High jump: 1.85 m, January 2020 GUSA Games Legon.{{Cite web|url=https://newsghana.com.gh/rose-yeboah-sets-new-gusa-games-record-in-high-jump/|title=Rose Yeboah Sets New GUSA Games Record In High Jump|last=Okine|first=Sammy Heywood|work=News Ghana|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-18}}
  • High jump: 1.97m, June 2024, NCAA Championships

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