Akwasi Frimpong in Black Panther Skeleton suit picture by Utah Valley University It’s been an arduous journey from growing up in Ghana to sliding down the ice head first at over 80 mph in the Olympic games.  Akwasi Frimpong’s dream and relentless focus is to become the first Winter Olympic medalist from Africa.  Frimpong, known as The Hope of a …

Akwasi Frimpong (r) in photo with coach Zach Lund after the historic win in Park City, Utah Two years ago, former Utah Valley University track star Akwasi Frimpong became the first skeleton athlete to represent the nation of Ghana in the Olympics as he competed in Pyeongchang, South Korea, accomplishing a goal he had been chasing for years. But Frimpong was just …

Ghana’s first skeleton Olympian, Akwasi Frimpong, twice qualified for the finals during the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Pyeongchang InterContinental Cup this week in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It is the same track where Frimpong made history for his country and began his drive to become the Hope of a Billion when he competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.  Frimpong’s results …

“Three days after my first TEDx talk in the Netherlands I discovered I had moved up 31 places on the world men’s skeleton rankings according to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) standings released in the last quarter of January 2019,” exclaimed an excited Akwasi Frimpong to TheAfricanDream.net in an interview. “31 places up, man this by far is …

Akwasi Frimpong prays to make it through all the heats over a two day period and hopefully win Ghana and Africa’s first medal in the men’s edition of the sport of skeleton as a competitor from tropical Ghana at the 2018 Winter Olympics. On Thursday, Feb 15, the first two heats in men’s skeleton starts at the Winter Olympic Games …

For athletes, the only thing better than being an Olympian is being an Olympian twice. One Utah man [of Ghanaian origin] hopes to do just that in Beijing next year, even though he feels the weight of an entire continent on his shoulders. He could have taken it easy. He could have said it was too rainy and cold, however, Akwasi …

Akwasi Frimpong overcame an injury to finish 32nd overall at the BMW IBSF world championships in Altenberg, Germany. Frimpong worked with Team-Russia leading into the tournament on one of the toughest tracks in the world that showed its strength against world-class athletes. His reward was a qualification to become the only African athlete representing the continent at this 2021 BMW …

Ghana’s skeleton athlete, Akwasi Frimpong finishes ahead of competitors from Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria in his first race of the 2020/2021 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation season. Frimpong who finished 24th out of 31 international athletes on January 13, 2021, is impressively improving his time and becoming a speedster in the process too. Read also: …

“It’s a global village and COVID-19 has taught us all to think harder and smarter and has also given us more ways to appreciate our humanity, so when the opportunity presented itself for me to go with Russia on my journey to get to Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to once again represent Ghana — I took it.“ The first African …

According to Akwasi Frimpong: “It was an honor to be invited to the Atlantic Council of the United States (US) in Washington DC as a panelist representing the African youth at the US launch of the very first ‘African Youth Survey’ in partnership with the Atlantic Council and the Ichikowitz Family Foundation (IFF).“ The Winter Olympian from Ghana who disclosed …