Benjamin Kweku Ayesu-Attah (born 28 April 1993) is a

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

sprinter specialising in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. He won the gold medal at the

2017 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' (French language, French for ''8th Francophone Games''), informally known as Abidjan 2017, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the f ...

International competitions

Personal bests

All-Athletics profile
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200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 21.31 (-0.8 m/s) (Orem 2014) *

– 46.20 (Edmonton 2016) Indoor *

– 21.90 (Moscow, ID 2016) *

– 47.23 (Albuquerque 2013)

References

1993 births Living people Canadian male sprinters Canadian people of Ghanaian descent Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent FISU World University Games gold medalists for Canada Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-sprint-athletics-bio-stub