Christian Amoah (born 25 July 1999) is a

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

ian

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who currently competes in the 85 kg event. He competed in the Men's 77 kg at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

. Amoah represented

in the Men's 85 kg at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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, Brazil. He was the inaugural male Ghanaian to compete in weightlifting at the modern Olympics. He was also the youngest athlete to take part in weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He represented Ghana at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

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* 1999 births Living people Ghanaian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Ghana Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2019 African Games African Games bronze medalists for Ghana African Games bronze medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Accra 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen {{Ghana-sport-bio-stub