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Sport Landmark

Ohene Karikari

born 1948

Double sprint gold at the 1973 All-Africa Games

Landmark is level 2 of 4 in the Ghana Hall of Fame: a first that opened a door, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.

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Ghana's outstanding sprinter of the 1970s, who took both the 100 and 200 metres at the All-Africa Games in Lagos.

Ohene Karikari represented Ghana at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and won gold in both the 100 and 200 metres at the 1973 All-Africa Games in Lagos.
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