Rose Asiedua

{{Short description|Ghanaian-British nurse and former athlete}}

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{{Medal|Sport | Women's athletics}}

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{{Medal|Competition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{Medal|Bronze | 1974 Christchurch | 4 × 100 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|All-Africa Games}}

{{Medal|Silver | 1973 Lagos | 100 m}}

{{Medal|Gold| 1973 Lagos | 4 × 100 m}}

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Rose Amankwah, formerly referred to as Rose Asiedua, is a retired Ghanaian-British nurse and former athlete. She was born in Kumasi{{Cite news |date=2024-03-19 |title=Rose Amankwaah: The London nurse who was an African sprint champion |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/67456164 |access-date=2024-03-19 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}

In 1973, she represented Ghana at the 1973 All-Africa Games held in Nigeria and won a silver and gold in the 100 meters and {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay sprints respectively.{{cite web |title=All-Africa Games |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afg.htm |website=www.gbrathletics.com |publisher=Athletics Weekly |access-date=4 April 2024}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=Rose Amankwaah: The London nurse who was an African sprint champion |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rose-amankwaah-london-nurse-african-071659858.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-CA}}

Amankwah also won a gold medal in a 200 meters race in an Africa versus America athletics competition in 1973 and a bronze medal in the 4x100 meters relay at the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in 1974. She represented Ghana in the same race at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.{{Cite web |title=NHS nurse and former 'fastest woman in Africa' to retire after almost five decades |url=https://news.sky.com/story/nhs-nurse-and-former-fastest-woman-in-africa-to-retire-after-almost-five-decades-13090588 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Sky News |language=en}}

In 1974 Amankwah migrated to the United Kingdom, where she trained as a nurse, ultimately becoming a theatre matron at Central Middlesex Hospital. After 49 years of service at the hospital, she retired in 2024, aged 72.