GOC Secures Landmark Rio 2016 Scholarships for 12 Athletes

Ghana has been handed its highest ever number of Olympic scholarships after the Ghana Olympic Committee through Olympic Solidarity awarded 12 sportsmen/women “Rio 2016 scholarships” worth $200,000 at a ceremony today in Accra.
Ghana had never received more than four International Olympic Committee scholarships prior to this latest development with the most recent recipients being Vida Anim and Margaret Simpson, but Team Ghana’s strong showing on the international scene in recent times has received some significant international attention.
These are the first Olympic scholarship awards since Margaret and Vida’s scholarships ended with the completion of the 2012 Olympics. They come after four promising youth athletes were granted scholarships ahead of the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.
The scholarships form part of the GOC’s goal of assisting elite athletes selected and proposed by their National Federations in their preparation and qualification for Rio 2016.

Name Sport Recent Performance
Flings Joyner
Owusu-Agyapong Athletics (100m & 200m) African 4x100m relay bronze medalist/Currently ranked #11 in the world in the 60m sprint/2014 CWG
Timothy Abeyie Athletics (100m & 200m) African 4x100m relay silver medalist/2014 CWG
Mathilde Boateng Athletics (Triple jump) 4th in Triple jump at CAA/2014 CWG
Robert Martey Athletics (Long jump) 4th in Long jump at CAA/2014 CWG
Razak Mumuni Judo 2014
Abugiri Commonwealth Games (CWG)Bronze medalist
Szandra Szogedi Judo 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG
Jessie Lartey Boxing 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG) quarter finalist
Sulemanu Tetteh Boxing 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG) quarter finalist
Abdul Wahid
Omar Boxing 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG) bronze medalist
Terrance Tetteh
Asare Taekwondo 2014 US Open Taekwondo Championships
David Koney
Adjetey Taekwondo 2015 US Open Taekwondo Championships
Daniel Sam Badminton 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG)