Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (born 19 December 1974[1]), nicknamed "The Snow Leopard", is a retired 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[2] taking part in the slalom.

[4] At the Ski Show in 2004 Nkrumah-Acheampong and his coach met Fergie Miller, the director of adventure training specialists Base Camp Group.

Nkrumah-Acheampong was somewhat anxious at the sheer scale of the slopes and mountains but after a few runs he was more than confident and he progressed in leaps and bounds.

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.

[5] Canadian musician Ashley MacIsaac also wrote a charity single, "Dreams", to benefit Nkrumah-Acheampong and his charitable efforts.

[7] In addition to the Canadian musicians Matthew Harder of the band House of Doc and Geoffrey Kelly, Vince Ditrich and Tobin Frank of the band Spirit of the West, Nkrumah-Acheampong himself took part in the recording by playing traditional Ghanaian percussion instruments.