Owen Ansah

Owen Ansah (born 28 November 2000) is a German sprinter, the first German to run under 10 seconds for the 100 metres. He has won German national titles over 100 and 200 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay.

Career
He grew up in Hamburg and started athletics in 2014. In 2021, he became German champion in the 200 meters in Braunschweig running a time of 20.89 seconds. That year, he was part of the German 4x200m relay team which won gold at the 2021 World Athletics Relays. He travelled to Tokyo as part of the German sprint relay team for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games, but did not compete.

In Leipzig in February 2022, he won the German national title over 200 metres indoors. In June 2022, he won German national titles over both 100 metres and 200 metres in Berlin. He competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon over 200 metres.

He set a new personal best over 60 metres at the start of 2023, but missed most of the year with injury.

He qualified for the final at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 100 metres. He finished fifth in the final in 10.17 seconds. Later on at the championships, he was a bronze medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay.

In June 2024, he won the 100 metres at the German Championships in Braunschweig, breaking the 10-second barrier for the first time.

Personal life
He has Ghanaian heritage.