Ampomah & Amponsah Named Liquid Sports Ghana-Ethiopian Airlines Athletes of the Year

Ghana javelin record holder John Ampomah and national sprint queen Janet Amponsah have been crowned male and female Liquid Sports Ghana-Ethiopian Airlines Athletes of the Year 2015 respectively.

Both athletes excelled during 2015, John Ampomah in the javelin and Janet in the 100m/200m events.

Ampomah became the first Ghanaian athlete to throw beyond 80m after throwing a spectacular 81.55m in April, 2015 and 82.94m to win silver at the 2015 All Africa Games months later.

Ampomah has broken the national javelin record an unprecedented nine times since 2012 when he came onto the national scene.

Sprint queen Janet Amponsah produced life time performances in 2015, clocking 11.29s in the 100m and 23.05s in the 200m events respectively to qualify for the 2015 IAAF World Championships. In the process, she recorded the fastest time ran by a Ghanaian since September 16, 2006.