Congratulations Kwame!

African Racer, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, age 33 will race for Ghana in the 2010 Winter Olympics next winter. He first skied Indoors.

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Mr Nkrumah-Acheampong, nicknamed the ‘Snow Leopard’, who was born in Ghana but grew up in Glasgow, only started skiing five years ago when he worked in the SNO!zone indoor snow centre in the Xscape at Milton Keynes.

He will be Ghana's first ever Winter Olympics team competing in the slalom and giant slalom events.

Mr Nkrumah-Acheampong, with the support of his wife and two children as well as a dedicated coach has worked hard over the past four years, competing on the World Cup circuit on a shoe string budget receiving help along the way from sponsors and goodwill help from ski resorts and fellow racers.

"These Winter Olympics will be my last chance, so hopefully I will leave a legacy that has changed people's view of African skiers." Said Mr Nkrumah-Acheampong who has launched a campaign in Ghana to encourage youngsters to take up the sport, using grass skis.

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