Deborah Acquah

In August 2019, she competed at the 2019 African Games in Rabat and won a silver medal for Ghana with a jump of 6.37 m in the Women's Long Jump.^[6][7][3] She also competed in the NCAA Division 1 Championships in Austin, Texas and won a bronze in the women's long jump.^[5] In January 2020, her 21-foot six inch long jump broke a 22-year school record by four inches at the Ted Nelson Invitational.^[8] In February 2020, she broke the Texas A&M triple jump record to win first place at the Charlie Thomas Invitational.^[9]

On 4 April 2022, Acquah jumped 6.89 m in the long jump event during the Texas Dual Meet to set a new Ghanaian national record. With that jump she ranked at the number two in the Texas A&M history and makes her the seventh-best collegian of all time. Her jump was also the world-leading mark and placed her on the world number one in the women's long jump event.^[10][11] Based on that time she qualified for 2022 World Athletics Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games, Africa Games and World University Games.^[11]

• Long jump: 6.63 m, NCAA Championships in Texas^[12][5]
• Triple jump:13.77m, Charlie Thomas Invitational meet in College Station, Texas.^[4]
• Long jump:6.57m, Ted Nelson Invitational in Texas.^[4]