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| Nationality | Ghanaian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1997 Kukuo, Ghana | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m: 6.57 (Birmingham, 2024) 100m: 9.84 (Jacksonville, 2025) NR 200m: 20.12 (Eugene, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Abdul-Rasheed Saminu (born 6 October 1997) is a Ghanaian sprinter. He represented Ghana at the 2024 Olympic Games and 2025 World Athletics Championships.
Saminu is from the village of Nanumba in the Northern part of Ghana where he was a keen football player before being encouraged towards athletics. He attended the American universities Florida Memorial University and the University of South Florida after being recruited by USF head coach Erik Jenkins.
Saminu ran a wind-aided (+3.6 m/s) 9.95 seconds for the 100m at the South Florida Invitational in April 2024.
Saminu won the gold in the 100m, 200m and 4 × 100 m relay at the AAC Championships in May 2024 in San Antonio, United States. His efforts included a personal best time in the 100m of 10.03 seconds in a legal wind (-0.8) and ran a time of 20.34 seconds in the 200m.
Saminu ran 10.02 seconds for the 100m at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. In the 200 metres on the same day he ran a personal best of 20.12 in the 200 metres. Later that month, he was part of the Ghana 4 × 100 m relay team that won gold at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon.
He competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he reached the semi-finals. He also competed in the men's 4 × 100 m relay at the Games.
In 2025, he set an early world lead with a time of 9.86 seconds for the 100 metres. In September, he was a semi-finalist in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. He also ran in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships as the Ghana team placed fourth.
Sprinter Abdul-Rasheed Saminu was named Male Athlete of the Year at the 2025 Stampede of Champions Awards, recognising his outstanding performance in athletics.
In May, he ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana. In June, he placed third in a wind-assisted 9.88 seconds for the 100 metres at the LA Grand Prix. On 14 July, he placed second in 10.01 seconds for the 100 m at the István Gyulai Memorial, in Budapest. He competed in the 100 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, reaching the semi-finals. He also ran in the men's 4 × 100 m relay.
Figures from World Athletics profile.
| Surface | Distance | Time (s) | W (m/s) | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | 60 metres | 6.53 | 15 March 2025 | Virginia Beach, United States | ||
| 100 metres | 9.84 | +1.5 | 19 July 2025 | Powder Springs, United States | =NR | |
| 200 metres | 20.12 | -0.1 | 7 June 2024 | Eugene, United States | ||
| 4 × 100 metres relay | 38.05 | N/a | 30 May 2025 | Jacksonville, United States | ||
| 4 × 200 metres relay | 1:21.06 | N/a | 25 April 2025 | Philadelphia, United States | ||
| 4 × 400 metres relay | 3:16.84 | N/a | 16 March 2024 | Tampa, USA |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | African U20 Athletics | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 7th (F) | 100 m | 10.77 | +0.5 | |
| 5th (SF) | 200m | 21.58 | -0.2 | ||||
| 2022 | FASU games | Nairobi, Kenya | 2nd | 100 m | 10.31 | +0.5 | |
| 2022 Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 25th (h) | 200 m | 21.32 | +0.2 | ||
| 2024 | 2024 African Championships in Athletics | Douala, Cameroon | 4th (F) | 200 m | 20.67 | +0.1 | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m | 38.63 | |||||
| 2024 Summer Olympics | Paris, France | 16th (SF) | 100 m | 10.05 | +0.5 | ||
| DQ | 4 × 100 m | N/a | |||||
| 2025 | World Athletics Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 12th (SF) | 100 m | 10.08 | +0.3 |
