Ghana’s Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah has etched her name into the nation’s athletics history, qualifying for the women’s high jump final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

On Thursday, Yeboah soared over 1.92 metres in the qualification round, becoming the first Ghanaian in two decades to reach the final of an individual event at the global showpiece. The last to achieve such a feat were Ignatius Gaisah, who captured long jump silver, and Margaret Simpson, who claimed heptathlon bronze, both at the 2005 Helsinki championships.

Yeboah now stands among the elite, joining a world-class field that includes Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson, Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Yuliia Levchenko, Serbia’s Angelina Topić, Great Britain’s Morgan Lake, the Czech Republic’s Michaela Hrubá, Poland’s Maria Żodzik, and Germany’s Christina Honsel.

All eyes will be on Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium this Sunday, September 21, when Yeboah competes for a place on the podium and the chance to crown Ghana’s 20-year wait with a historic medal.