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{{Short description|Ghanaian/New Zealand sprinter}}
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'''Augustine K. Nketia''' (born 30 December 1970 in [[Kumasi]], Ghana) is a former [[track and field]] competitor, specialising in [[Sprint (running)|sprinting events]], who represented both his home country and [[New Zealand]].

Nketia represented [[Ghana]] until 1991 including the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]]. He competed for New Zealand at the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] and the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]]. His New Zealand Olympic athlete number is 733. He set the [[List of New Zealand records in athletics|New Zealand national 100m record]] of 10.11 in 1994 and held it for 28 years before it was eclipsed by his son [[Eddie Osei-Nketia]] in 2022, and won five national titles over that distance.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/gus-nketia | title=Gus Nketia | publisher=[[New Zealand Olympic Committee]] | access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref>

==Personal bests==

{| class="wikitable"
!''Distance''||''Time''||''Place''||''Date''
|-
|'''100 m'''||10.11 [[New Zealand records in athletics|NR]] ||Victoria, CAN||1994
|}

==References==
*''Athletes at the Games'' by John Clark, page 170 (1998, Athletics New Zealand) {{ISBN|0473-05498-1}}  
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

{{1994 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1996 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{Footer New Zealand NC 100 m men}}
{{Footer New Zealand NC 200 m men}}
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[[Category:Ghanaian male sprinters]]
[[Category:New Zealand male sprinters]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Ghana]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kumasi]]
[[Category:New Zealand people of Ghanaian descent]]
[[Category:Ghanaian emigrants]]
[[Category:Naturalised citizens of New Zealand]]
[[Category:New Zealand Athletics Championships winners]]


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