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Deborah Acquah (born May 23, 1996) is a Ghanaian Long jumper. She has competed at world championships, most recently at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco. [1] [2] [3] She is the current holder of Ghana's indoor long and triple jump records. [4]
Acquah had her secondary school education at Fiaseman Senior High School. She was a student of Western Texas College but is now currently having her college education at Texas A&M University. [5]
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]