A 5-member para-athletic team of the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana led by Coach Ibrahim Aminu Suleman leaves Accra on 21st April 2024 to Morocco to participate in the 2024 Marrakech World Para Athletics Grand Prix which starts from 22 to 28 April.
This event is part of the qualitative events to Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and it will serve as an opportunity for classification for the first Ghanaian Para Athlete in the field of shot putt, standing javelin and discuss throw in the person of Edmund Govina.
The other members of the team who have been classified already are 21 year old Amos Ahiagah, right arm amputee will be competing in 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and men’s long jump events, whiles a 19 year old Diana Kuubetegr, also an arm amputee will compete in the women’s 800 meters abd 1,500 meters events.
Zinabu Issah who is an experienced para athlete will be competing in women’s sitting shot put, discuss throw and javelin events.
This young para athlete team are poised in qualifying for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and will call on corporate bodies to support the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana with funds to enable them attend other Paris 2024 Paralympic Games qualification events coming up in Japan, Switzerland and France respectively.
With the support of NPC Ghana, Ghana’s Dr Abena Tannor has qualified as a WPA international classifier and will be one of the doctors to embark on the classification for para athletes at the event
The team is sponsored by the President of the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana, Mr Samson Deen with logistic support from the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Sports Authority.
For further information on this championship, kindly contact Mr Ignatius Elletey – +233 24 272 6287
Credit: NPC
