Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (born 19 December 1974 ), nicknamed "The Snow Leopard", is a retired Ghanaian skier and is the first person from Ghana to take part in the Winter Olympics, which he did at the 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver, British Columbia taking part in the slalom.

Early life Nkrumah-Acheampong was born on 19 December 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland. He moved to Milton Keynes where he has resided since. He first learnt to ski at the city's artificial slope during working as an employee there.

In 2009, Nkrumah-Acheampong qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics of 2010, scoring 137.5 International Ski Federation points, within the qualifying range of 120 to 140 points. He took part in the men's slalom where he finished 53rd out of 102 competitors, 54 of whom finished the race. In addition to the Canadian musicians Matthew Harder of the band House of Doc and Geoffrey Kelly, Vince Ditrich and Tobin Frank of the band Spirit of the West, Nkrumah-Acheampong himself took part in the recording by playing traditional Ghanaian percussion instruments.