Eddie Osei-Nketia
Edward Osei-Nketia is a New Zealand sprinter.
Osei-Nketia is the son of Gus Nketia, the former New Zealand national 100 m record holder. In 2019, after winning the Australian national title at 100 m, he confirmed his national allegiance to New Zealand. On 15 July 2022, he broke his father's national record by running 10.08 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Osei-Nketia spent his last secondary school years at Scots College in Wellington.
International representation
In June 2019, Osei-Nketia won the title of the 100 m at the Oceania Championships in Townsville.On 28 September 2019 he came fifth in his heat of the first round of the 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar with a time of 10.24s, missing out on a semi-final berth by 0.01s. Osei-Nketia won the 2019 Australian Athletics Championships 100m in 10.22 after running a personal best of 10.19 in the semi-final.
On 27 March 2021 he ran 10.12 in Brisbane, ranking him second on the New Zealand all-time list, 0.01 sec behind the National Record set by his father, Gus Nketia, in 1994, and qualifying him by ranking for the 2020 Summer Olympics, but he was not nominated.
Osei-Nketia broke his father's 100m record in finishing second in the 7th heat of the 100m 2022 World Athletics Championships in 10.08 seconds on 15 July 2022.