Emmanuel Tuffour (born December 2, 1966) is a retired

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ian sprinter. His best performance in a global event was a seventh place at the 1993 World Championships, but at the 1992 Olympics he failed to qualify for the final by 0.01 second. Tuffour is one of the current national record holders in 4 × 100 m relay with 38,12 seconds, achieved at the 1997 World Championships in

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.As an experienced. retired athletic champion he plans to put up an athletic academy in his country, Ghana to help give the necessary development to the next generation in the year 2020.

International competitions

¹Representing Africa
²Did not start in the final

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* 1966 births Living people Ghanaian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ghana African Games silver medalists for Ghana African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Ghana African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-athletics-bio-stub