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The Challenges Faced by Underserved Youth
The Challenges Faced by Underserved Youth
By Akwasi Frimpong OLY
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Fall Forward: How to Learn from Your Mistakes and Fuel Your Dreams
Fall Forward: How to Learn from Your Mistakes and Fuel Your Dreams
By Akwasi Frimpong OLY
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Your Guide to Creating a Personal Empowerment Plan and Tracking Your Progress
Your Guide to Creating a Personal Empowerment Plan and Tracking Your Progress
By Akwasi Frimpong OLY
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What does it take to open a new store? We recently opened On Paris on the Champs-Élysées, our largest retail space to date and the fastest…
What does it take to open a new store? We recently opened On Paris on the Champs-Élysées, our largest retail space to date and the fastest…
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Our co-founder and Ghana’s first skeleton Olympian, Akwasi Frimpong, had the incredible honor of contributing to the historic announcement of Salt…
Our co-founder and Ghana’s first skeleton Olympian, Akwasi Frimpong, had the incredible honor of contributing to the historic announcement of Salt…
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Want to have breakfast with an Olympian? On November 20, we have exclusive "breakfast with an expert" tables—just you and six other attendees. Ride…
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Founder
GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational
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Social Services
The GoldenSprint Challenge, sanctioned by the USA Track and Field Association (USATF), is the dream of Akwasi Frimpong, a Dutch-Ghanaian Olympian and Utah Valley University alumnus. He hopes to inspire more youth to participate in sports. To kick off this goal, he partnered with the Utah Olympic Oval to put together this meet in 2012, and it's organized annually. All proceeds from the GoldenSprint Challenge benefit a local charity.
The name of the meet, "GoldenSprint," is one of…The GoldenSprint Challenge, sanctioned by the USA Track and Field Association (USATF), is the dream of Akwasi Frimpong, a Dutch-Ghanaian Olympian and Utah Valley University alumnus. He hopes to inspire more youth to participate in sports. To kick off this goal, he partnered with the Utah Olympic Oval to put together this meet in 2012, and it's organized annually. All proceeds from the GoldenSprint Challenge benefit a local charity.
The name of the meet, "GoldenSprint," is one of Frimpong's nicknames that he earned when racing as an illegal African immigrant in the Netherlands. His Dutch coach gave him golden track shoes after his first Dutch National win. The fastest men's and women's sprinters at the GoldenSprint Challenge follow Frimpong's footsteps and take home a golden spikes trophy. -
Member of the UVU Alumni Board of Directors
Utah Valley University
- Present 7 years 10 months
Education
"UVU Alumni Association is a volunteer organization chartered under the Foundation Board, a Utah non-profit corporation. All officers and members of the board are elected and serve without financial remuneration. The board determines policy, reviews programs, provides feedback, suggestions and support to the university administration and directs the generated funds of the association." For more info visit http://www.uvualumni.org
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Global Ambassador
Right To Play
- Present 6 years 8 months
Children
Right To Play global brand ambassador.
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Secretary General and Co-Founder | Member, Board of Directors | Advisory Board Chair
Hope Of A Billion
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Children
We encourage, engage, and empower a billion lives in underserved communities worldwide through sport, business, and educational opportunities.
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IBSF Diversity and Gender Equity Working Group
International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF)
- Present 2 years 4 months
The IBSF Diversity and Gender Equity Working Group focuses on how the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation ( IBSF ) can support and implement the IOC’s three key objectives to improve gender equality in the sport of bobsleigh and skeleton. It also looks at the issue of improving the racial and ethnic diversity of IBSF athletes, coaches and officials.
The three key objective to strengthen and accelerate gender equality at the Olympic Games and across the Olympic Movement…The IBSF Diversity and Gender Equity Working Group focuses on how the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation ( IBSF ) can support and implement the IOC’s three key objectives to improve gender equality in the sport of bobsleigh and skeleton. It also looks at the issue of improving the racial and ethnic diversity of IBSF athletes, coaches and officials.
The three key objective to strengthen and accelerate gender equality at the Olympic Games and across the Olympic Movement are:
1. Consolidate the Olympic Games as one of the most effective global platforms for promoting and accelerating gender equality, in particular with regard to athletes participating, as well as the event schedule, including competition hours and medal events per day.
2. Ensure gender-equal and fair portrayal in all Olympic-related communications to foster positive attitudes and to challenge harmful social norms, gender stereotypes and practices.
3. Accelerate female representation in governance and leadership positions across the Olympic Movement, with the goal of reaching at least 30 per cent women’s representation in decision-making bodies in sports organisations.
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Founder and Athlete
Bobsled and Skeleton Federation of Ghana
- Present 8 years 1 month
"Making history as the very first Ghanaian skeleton athlete".
Founded on July 5, 2016 by Akwasi Frimpong, a skeleton athlete and bobsledder, the Bobsled and Skeleton Federation-Ghana (BSF-Ghana) is an nonprofit organization that aims to promote the sports of skeleton and bobsleigh in Ghana. The federation is an associate member of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), an organization that administers the sports of Skeleton and Bobsleigh globally.
Publications
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Columns
Het Parool (Amsterdam largest news paper), Review (Utah Valley University news paper)
Sports, motivational, and educational related topics.
Het Parool from 2008-2010 and Review from 2011-2012.
Projects
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GoldenSprint Inspiration Award
Akwasi Frimpong handed out the first GoldenSprint Inspiration Award to Shaquata King on April 9, 2013. Shaquata is a 12 year old talented track & field girl from Amsterdam, who has a chance to improve her social position through running. The GoldenSprint Inspiration Award is awarded to athletes that are role models and positively influence others through their talent and involvement in the community they live in.
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Utah Valley University 4th Annual Legal Clinics
Utah Valley University’s Woodbury School of Business will host the fourth annual legal services clinic on Tuesday Oct. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the UVU library in the Timpanogos room. The clinic offers free legal consultations from attorneys for the community.
Participants meet one-on-one with attorneys and receive personal consultation. Legal volunteers include professionals from a variety of practices including: adoption, family, employment and immigration.
“The clinic offers a…Utah Valley University’s Woodbury School of Business will host the fourth annual legal services clinic on Tuesday Oct. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the UVU library in the Timpanogos room. The clinic offers free legal consultations from attorneys for the community.
Participants meet one-on-one with attorneys and receive personal consultation. Legal volunteers include professionals from a variety of practices including: adoption, family, employment and immigration.
“The clinic offers a very broad spectrum of legal expertize,” said Morgan Fife, attorney for Robinson, Seiler & Anderson, LC. “People that attend are able to receive assistance for all sorts of litigation. We’re able to provide free legal consultation to the community.”
Attorneys from the Central Utah Bar Association volunteer their time to staff the clinic. UVU legal students will assist by organizing and managing the clinic.
“Volunteering at the community clinic is a great learning experience for anyone in the legal program,” said Kimberly Williamson, UVU student. “Its really practical learning. There is a sense of accomplishment in seeing the community benefit from our efforts.”
The clinic is sponsored by the Utah State Bar Association, Utah Community Credit Union, Golden Events Management, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Sweet Tooth Fairy Gourmet Bake Shop, Woodbury School of Business, Legal Studies Department, UVU Center for the Study of EthicsOther creators -
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Sneak Out White Out
Akwasi Frimpong, owner and founder of Golden Events Management, proudly presented on September, 2012 a check to United Way of Utah County. The check is the result of a fundraiser (SNEAK OUT WHITE OUT) held at Wolverine Crossing in Orem, Utah on September 8, 2012. The event SNEAK OUT-WHITE OUT is a United Way charitable dance and dinner party with Carrabba’s Italian Grill dinner.
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GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational
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Akwasi Frimpong, 2012 Dutch Olympic hopeful and UVU student, dreams of inspiring more youth to participate in sports – especially track and field. To kick off this goal, he partnered with the Utah Olympic Oval to put together the first annual 2012 GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational track and field meet. Frimpong plans to make this an annual international meet in the years coming to promote local and international athletes.
Our Goal:
The GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational is…Akwasi Frimpong, 2012 Dutch Olympic hopeful and UVU student, dreams of inspiring more youth to participate in sports – especially track and field. To kick off this goal, he partnered with the Utah Olympic Oval to put together the first annual 2012 GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational track and field meet. Frimpong plans to make this an annual international meet in the years coming to promote local and international athletes.
Our Goal:
The GoldenSprint Challenge Invitational is to:
1. Promote sprinting and training in Utah.
2. Involve local students and athletes in track and field.
3. Offer local athletes a longer indoor training season, during Utah’s long winter.
4. Promote the legendary Utah Olympic Oval facility.
5. Have international athletes come and run in Utah to benefit from the Oval’s track and Utah’s altitude.
6. Promote the local economy by serving the traveling needs of international athletes.
7. Involve volunteers from high schools and colleges, so they can gain experience in organizing events to support their local community.
8. To support local and international sports and educational programs via donations collected from the event. (Depending on what we raise for this year (2012), a donation will be donated to the Special Olympics Utah.)Other creators -
Languages
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Englisch, Dutch, and Twi
Full professional proficiency
Organizations
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Bobsled and Skeleton Federation-Ghana
President
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