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Akwasi Frimpong was born on 11 February, 1986 in Kumasi, Ghana, is a Dutch-Ghanaian sprinter, bobsledder, and skeleton athlete. Discover Akwasi Frimpong's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 38 years old?

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Age 38 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 11 February 1986
Birthday 11 February
Birthplace Kumasi, Ghana
Nationality Ghana

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Akwasi Frimpong Height, Weight & Measurements

At 38 years old, Akwasi Frimpong height is 5′ 7″ and Weight 176 lbs.

Physical Status
Height 5′ 7″
Weight 176 lbs
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Children Ashanti Adwoa Shields Frimpong

Akwasi Frimpong Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Akwasi Frimpong worth at the age of 38 years old? Akwasi Frimpong’s income source is mostly from being a successful Athlete. He is from Ghana. We have estimated Akwasi Frimpong's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Athlete

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1921

Pushing off the Dutch "B" team, Frimpong, Ivo de Bruin, Thierry Kruithoff and Bror van der Zijde were ranked 21st out of 26 teams.

1986

Akwasi Frimpong (born 11 February 1986) is a Dutch-Ghanaian sprinter, bobsledder, and skeleton athlete.

Frimpong was raised in Ghana and later moved to the Netherlands.

He is a former Dutch Junior Champion in the 200 meter sprints.

To qualify for the Olympics, Frimpong decided to compete for his country Ghana in skeleton.

2001

Frimpong wanted one, so, in 2001, he started running under former Olympian Sammy Monsels.

After just two years of hard work and intense training, Frimpong won the title of Dutch junior champion in the 200-meter sprint.

This was the same achievement that earned him the nickname ‘GoldenSprint’.

2003

By 2003, earned the nickname GoldenSprint and he aspired to compete at the Olympic Games.

To honor Frimpong's work, Monsels gave him his golden track shoes at this time.

Immediately after his first national win, Frimpong suffered a severe ankle injury that derailed his pursuit of excellence.

This was the time when he was still an undocumented immigrant; therefore, many doctors refused to provide him medical treatment and physiotherapy.

However, a physiotherapist named Michael Davidson, who had been following the story of this budding athlete, decided to treat him against a token fee of one euro only.

Despite the compassionate and professional care provided by Michael, it took Akwasi three years before he could completely recover from the injury and started running again.

He met some students who had studied in America and heard about running opportunities there.

In order to utilize the time when he was unable to participate in athletic competitions, Akwasi applied to several colleges in America.

One of the universities he sent his athletic profile to was Utah Valley University.

He was offered an athletic scholarship.

2007

He finally earned his residency permit in 2007 and gained Dutch nationality in 2008.

When ready to attend high school, with his illegal status, the only school that gave him a high school education chance was the Johan Cruyff College, a school that offers athletes an opportunity to balance sport with vocational education.

During this period, he faced several challenges, which Frimpong describes as: ''As an illegal immigrant, I had to face different challenges.

I was unhappy.

I was scared and I didn't know what to do.

I felt abused, I felt an outcast.'' It was only after what Frimpong describes as ‘monumental effort’, that the athlete and his parents were able to acquire a legal residence permit in the Netherlands in 2007 and Dutch nationality in 2008.

Frimpong began sprinting at 15 years old, when a friend showed him a medal he had won in a race.

2008

Frimpong started at UVU in 2008 and ran for the college team in 100 meters, 200 m and the 4×100-meter relay.

2010

In May 2010, Frimpong helped the relay team break the school record during the 2010 Great West Conference Championships, with a time of 41.05 seconds.

2011

In 2011, he helped UVU 4 × 400 m relay team win a gold medal and broke the meet record during the Great West indoor Championships held at the Armory indoor track in New York City.

2013

Individually, his times recorded for the university were 6.99 seconds in the 60-meter dash, 10.71 in the 100 m and 21.93 over 200 m. He graduated from Utah Valley University (UVU) with honors in marketing and a minor in business management in 2013.

After college, Frimpong recorded 6.85 seconds in the 60-meter dash, 10.45 seconds in the 100 meters, and 21.88 seconds in 200 meters race.

The Dutch team came up to Park City, Utah during November, the team tried out Frimpong as the brakeman for the four-man World Cup Race in Park City.

2018

Frimpong qualified for the 2018 Olympics in skeleton, earning the continental representation spot for the continent of Africa in skeleton.

2020

On February 29, 2020, Akwasi Frimpong became the first skeleton athlete from Africa to win an elite skeleton race sanctioned by the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation in Park City, Utah.

Frimpong who was born in Ghana grew up in Kumasi, and moved to the Netherlands at age 8.

His first eight years were spent in a small one-room home in the city of Kumasi, Ghana.

His grandmother Minka raised him and nine other grandchildren.

Though they all slept on the ground and his grandmother struggled to feed that many mouths, Frimpong remembers those years with fondness.

At the age of eight, Frimpong joined his mother Esther Amoako, a gospel singer, in the Netherlands.

At that time, he was not a legal immigrant to the Netherlands, but his family worked on obtaining his Dutch residence permit.

The process took 13 more years, and a monumental effort by his many supporters.