ABUAKU Joshua

Germany

Athletics

Date of Birth: 7 Jul 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of birth: OBERHAUSEN

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : FRANKFURT AM MAIN

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 400m Hurdles

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 - Heat 4	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2019	400m Hurdles	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	49.64

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Hobbies:

Music, basketball, playing sports. (wholey.de, 01 Dec 2019; DLV magazine, 16 Jul 2015)

Occupation:

Athlete, Model

Education:

German Sport University Cologne, Germany

Languages spoken:

English, German

Club name:

LG Eintracht Frankfurt [Germany]

Coach:

Volker Beck [national], GER

Start:

He took part in his first competitive running race at age nine. He initially competed in the 60m [indoor] sprint and 110m hurdles before switching to the 400m hurdles. He also played football, basketball and judo in his youth. (lokalkompass.de, 19 Mar 2016)

Reason:

He liked watching athletics on television. (lokalkompass.de, 19 Mar 2016)

Ambition:

To compete at the Olympic Games. (lokalkompass.de, 25 Jun 2016)

Memorable:

Winning a silver medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden. "I never believed I could get a medal so it was a dream come true." (dailymotion.com, 31 Jul 2018)

Hero:

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Kittitian sprinter Kim Collins. (DLV magazine, 16 Jul 2015; Facebook profile, 03 Jan 2018)

Philosophy:

"Life is a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end." (Instagram profile, 12 July 2019)

Award:

In 2016 he was Oberhausen Sportsman of the Year at the Oberhausen Sports Gala. (oh-stadtmagazin.de, 14 Mar 2016; Facebook profile, 19 Mar 2016)

General Interest

General
MOVE TO FRANKFURT
In late 2017 he moved from Oberhausen to Frankfurt so he could train as part of Volker Beck's group alongside Luke Campbell and Georg Fleischhauer. "I was training alone before and that was a problem. It was clear to me that if I wanted to get to the top, I had to join a stronger training group, and the best is in Frankfurt. Volker Beck is a great trainer, and I also have two training partners [Campbell and Fleischhauer] whom I can measure myself against. We can make each other strong." (fnp.de, 15 Dec 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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