| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Events | 4x400m Relay |
| DOB | 22/03/2003 |
| Coach | Gus Nketia |
| Club | Woden Athletics |
| Teams | 2025 World Championships, 2025 World Relay Championships |
Canberra-based Augustine Nketia Junior was been a star junior sprinter in Australia. Aged 18 in 2021, he won the Australian junior 400m title clocking 47.58. In his first year as a senior athlete in 2023, he would lower his PB, taking it down to 46.90 as he placed 4th in the Australian championship. He made more progress in 2025, reducing his best time on three occasions landing at 46.19 and 5th place at the Australian Championships.
His coach and father Gus Nketia had represented Ghana and New Zealand and older brother Eddie Osei-Nketia New Zealand, but Augustine Nketia Junior settled on representing Australia, and in May 2025 he made his debut at the World Relays. He helped the Australian 4x400m team qualify for Tokyo, running in the heats.
Family record in athletics:
Gus Nketia (father) for Ghana and New Zealand – 1990 & 1994 CG (final 100m 1994); 1993, 1995 & 1997 WC;1996 OG; 1995 & 1997 World indoors (final 60m 1995). 100m PB 10.11. Held NZL 100m record until broken by his son Eddie Osei-Nketia in 2022.
Eddie Osei-Nketia (brother) for New Zealand – 2019 & 2022 WC. PBs 100m 10.08 & 200m 20.24. Holds NZL 100m and 200m record
After the 1990 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, Gus Nketia, who competed for Ghana, remained in the country to start a new life there. The family, including Eddie and Augustine Nketia Junior, moved to Australia in 2010.
@ 10 Sept 2025 david.tarbotton@athletics.org.au
