Moise Atsu Pomaney (born March 22, 1945) is a retired Olympic

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete from

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. He specialized in the

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and the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

. Pomaney represented Ghana at the 1972 Olympic Games held in Munich, Germany. He claimed the bronze medal in the men's triple jump event at the

1974 British Commonwealth Games The 1974 British Commonwealth Games () were held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The event was officially named "the friendly games". T ...

held in Christchurch, New Zealand with a jump of 16.23 metres (also a personal best for the event). Moise Atsu Pomaney was inducted into the National Athletics Intercollegiate Association (NAIA) Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1991. Moises was also a member of the 1971 Pan-African Track and Field team.

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1945 births Living people Ghanaian male triple jumpers Ghanaian male long jumpers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics African Games bronze medalists for Ghana African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1973 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{ghana-athletics-bio-stub