Solomon Amegatcher
Ghanaian sprinter (born 1970)
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Solomon Amegatcher (born 20 December 1970) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.[1]
He reached the semi-final at the 1993 World Championships, and also competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.[2]
His personal best times were 45.42 seconds in the 400 metres and 21.15 seconds in the 200 metres, both achieved in 1993.[2] Amegatcher co-held the Ghanaian record in the 4 x 400 metres relay of 3:05.2 which lasted from 1992 to 2015.[3]
In college, Amegatcher was a 3-time NCAA All-American for the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 400-metres and 4 x 400 metres relay, and participated in setting the indoor school record in the 4X400 metre relay of 3:08.03 at the University of Alabama in 1993 which lasted until 2006.[4][5]
He's an alumnus of St. John's School, Sekondi.[citation needed]
