Ghana Association. Ghana competed in the Winter Olympics in 2010 for the first time. Ghana qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics, scoring 137.5 International Ski Federation points, within the qualifying range of 120–140 points. Ghanaian skier, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, nicknamed "The Snow Leopard", became the first Ghanaian to take part in the Winter Olympics, at the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, taking part in the slalom skiing. Ghana finished 47th out of 102 participating nations, of whom 54 finished in the Alpine skiing slalom. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong broke on the international skiing circuit, being the second black African skier
Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong the Stade de Slalom, Meribel. He later became a slalom skier also, recording his best results in the discipline, where speed and agility is of paramount importance. In 2005, Nkrumah-Acheampong attempted to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. However, he failed to arrive at the qualifying stages being held in Iran because his flight was grounded in Amsterdam, Netherlands because of icing on its wings. In 2009, Nkrumah qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics of 2010, scoring 137.5 International Ski Federation points, within the qualifying range of 120 to 140 points. Nkrumah-Acheampong took part in the men's