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{{Short description|Ghanaian sprinter (born 1956)}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
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| name        = Ernest Obeng
| image       =
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| nationality = Ghanaian
| sport       = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event       = Sprints
| club        = [[Belgrave Harriers]]
| birth_date  = 8 April 1956
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| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height      =168 cm
| weight      =72 kg
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}}

'''Ernest George Ahwireng Obeng''' (born 8 April 1956) is a [[Ghana]]ian retired sprinter who specialised in the [[100 metres]] and was selected for the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68775 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Obeng won the gold medal at the [[1979 African Championships in Athletics|1979 African Championships]]. His personal best time was 10.21 seconds, achieved in August 1980 in [[Budapest]],<ref>[http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-m01.htm World men's all-time best 100m (last updated 2001)]</ref> and because his country Ghana [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycotted the Olympic Games that year]] he missed the opportunity to make the 1980 Olympic Games.

Obeng won a bronze medal at the [[Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade|1981 Universiade]], represented Africa in the 100 metres at the [[1981 IAAF World Cup]], finishing second behind Scottish sprinter [[Allan Wells]], won the gold medal at the [[1982 African Championships in Athletics|1982 African Championships]] and competed at the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 World Championships]].

He was selcetd by Ghana for the 100 metres at the 1984 Olympic Games in [[Los Angeles]] but failed to start. However he did win the 100 metres title at the British [[1985 AAA Championships]].<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm AAA Championships (Men)] - GBR Athletics</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>

He represented Ghana up to 1986 and Great Britain from then until the end of his career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=39993|title = Athlete Profile}}</ref>

He is now in charge of television operations for the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]], working from their offices in [[Monaco]].{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

== International competitions ==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Result=yes|nation=GHA}}
|-
|1979
|[[1979 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Dakar, Senegal]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|10.54
|-
|1981
|[[1981 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]]
|[[Rome, Italy]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|100 m
|10.21
|-
|1982
|[[1982 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Cairo, Egypt]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|10.20
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|ernest-obeng}}

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[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ghanaian male sprinters]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Ghana]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ghana]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists for Ghana]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists for Ghana]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen]]