Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (born 19 December 1974), nicknamed "The Snow Leopard", is a 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. He finished 53rd out of 102 participants, of whom 54 finished. Kwame Nkrumah was born on 19 December 1974. At the Ski Show in 2004 Kwame and his coach met Fergie Miller, the Director of Adventure Training specialists [Base Camp Group]. He had approached them, thoroughly intrigued by their Ghana Ski Team Jackets. After
Brazil at the 2010 Winter Olympics had landed flat after a jump and injured her knee in Vancouver. Brazil at the 2010 Winter Olympics Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held from 12–28 February 2010. The Brazilian team consisted of five athletes competing in three sports. Brazil's first Olympic Games were the 1900 Summer Olympics. Their first Winter Olympics came much later, in 1992, and they have competed in every Winter Games since their debut. As of these Games, they have not won a Winter Olympics medal. Snowboarder Isabel Clark Ribeiro was chosen as the flag