Rose Yeboah
Ghanaian high jumper (born 2001)
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Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah (born 23 December 2001) is a Ghanaian high jumper.[1][2][3]
Yeboah at the 2023 African Games | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah |
| Born | 23 December 2001 Accra, Ghana |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ghana |
| Sport | High jump |
Event | Women's 1.97m |
| College team | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Coached by | Petros Kyprianou |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 22 July 2024 | |
In 2025, she became the first Ghanaian to qualify for the final of the women’s high jump[4] at the World Athletics Championships held in Tokyo, Japan. Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah wrote her name into the history books by qualifying for the women’s high jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, becoming the first Ghanaian athlete to reach an individual final at the championships since 2005.[5]
Yeboah first gained international experience in 2019 at the XIV African U20 Championships in Abidjan, where she won the gold medal in high jump with a height of 1.83 m. In August, she also competed at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, increasing by one centimeter, and thus also won another gold medal in the high jump event.[6][7][8] Prior to that she represented Ghana and won gold medals at both the Ecowas U-20 Championships in Abidjan and the All-Africa University Games in Egypt.[9][10][11]
Other sports that she plays are hockey and basketball. In high school, her team Kumasi Girls Senior High School won gold at the Spriteball Championship, where she won MVP.[12]
Education
She had her secondary education at Kumasi Girls Senior High School.[12] After previously attending the University of Cape Coast,[1][2] Yeboah joined the University of Illinois for the 2023-24 collegiate season.[13] On 8 June 2024, Yeboah won the NCAA outdoor high jump national title with a 1.97m jump.[14]
