PERSONAL BEST:
2.34m - Meeting Zagreb, Zagreb, CRO (03 JUL 00)

PERSONAL DATA:
Sex: Male
Height: 182 cm
Born: 30 JUN 1974
Weight: 80 kg
Birthplace: Eastmont, GHA
Marital Status: Married
Hometown: Montreal, PQ, CAN
Coach: Daniel St-Hilaire
Residence: Montreal, PQ, CAN
Occupation: Graphic Artist
Languages: English

2000 CANADIAN RANKING:
2nd - 2.34m - Meeting Zagreb, Zagreb, CRO (03JUL00)

PAST PERFORMANCES: 2001 World Indoor Championships, Lisbon, POR 12 2.20
2000 Olympic Games, Sydney, AUS 12 2.25
Canadian Championships, Victoria, CAN 2 2.28
Grand Prix II Meeting Zagreb, Zagreb, CRO 1 2.34
Nikaia, Nice, FRA 3 2.32
1999 World Championship, Sevilla, SPA 6 2.29
Pan American Games, Winnipeg, CAN =1 2.25
Canadian Championships, Winnipeg, CAN 1 2.24
1998 Canadian Championships, Montreal, CAN 1 2.15
1997 Canadian Championships, Abbotsford, CAN 3 2.14
1996 Canadian Championships, Kitchener, CAN 1 2.24

EVENT PROGRESSIONS:
1999 25 2.29

Year Age HJ
1998 24 2.20
1997 23 2.14
1996 22 2.24

HUMAN INTEREST:
Boateng was awarded the gold medal (tied with countryman Mark Boswell) at the 1999 Pan American Games after first place Javier Sotomayor of Cuba tested positive...3-time Canadian high jump champion...

Boateng came to Canada in 1994 and now attends Concordia University in Montreal, where he studies computer graphics...is currently employed as a graphic artist...his wife, Dianetia Stewart, is a student - they married on 08 FEB 97 in Montreal...they had their first child this past winter, a son, Kwaden ...father Alexander is a chief...mother Betrice Brikorang is a business woman...Boateng is the youngest of 5 children - he has a sister and 3 brothers...enjoys basketball, walking around with friends and shopping...