Ghana’s only medaliat at the 2020 Olympic Games, Samuel Takyi was adjudged the Sports Personality of the Year at the 46th SWAG Awards held at the Accra International Conference Center (AICC) on Friday night.
The 21-year old Ring Warrior came up top after facing opposition from Daniel Afriyie Barnieh from Accra Hearts of Oak and the 4x100m athletics team.
This year’s edition of the awards was held under the theme; “Ghana Sports in the post Covid-19 era, a business approach” and was aimed at honoring sportsmen and women as well as corporate bodies and individuals who contributed to the development of sports in the year 2021.
Takyi was also awarded as the amateur boxer of the year.
Speaking after receiving the coveted award, the young boxer thanked the President, Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo-Addo, for his support during and after their participation in the Tokyo Games as well as the Youth and Sports Minister, President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), and his coach for making him a medal-winning Olympian.
He concluded his speech by reiterating that he would be switching from an amateur boxer to a professional boxer.