Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong finished 53rd out of 102 participants, of whom 54 finished.
13 Facts About Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong moved to Milton Keynes where he has resided since.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong first learnt to ski at the city's artificial slope during working as an employee there.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong was somewhat anxious at the sheer scale of the slopes and mountains but after a few runs he was more than confident and he progressed in leaps and bounds.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong later became a slalom skier, recording his best results in the discipline, where speed and agility are of paramount importance.
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In 2005, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong attempted to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong took part in the men's slalom where he finished 53rd out of 102 competitors, 54 of whom finished the race.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is supporting projects to promote winter sports in Ghana.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong set up the Ghanaian Winter Olympic Association, and he has gotten government backing to build Ghana's first artificial ski slope, which he plans to build in the Akuapem Hills of Mamfe.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong donates any spare sponsorship money to a charity helping to save the snow leopard from extinction.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong can be seen in Season 9 Episode 11 of the hit ITV show Airline.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is not related to the former President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong practised at the Mount Washington Alpine Resort on Vancouver Island for the 2010 Winter Olympics from 31 January to 9 February in Vancouver, British Columbia.