Tahir Haruna devoted his legacy to Ghana and his management imaginative and prescient to drive the event of para sports activities.
Ghanaian para powerlifting sensation Tahir Haruna delivered a historic and dominant efficiency on the 2026 ORAN Africa Open Championships in Algeria, profitable the celebrated bronze medal within the extremely aggressive males’s 107kg+ class, ending behind two Iranian lifters who gained gold and silver medals respectively.
In a exceptional achievement for Ghana and African para-sport, Haruna was formally acknowledged as Africa’s primary athlete within the males’s 107+ weight class and was awarded a particular gold medal for main the African rankings.
This achievement marks one other main milestone in rising Ghana’s profile on the world para powerlifting stage and additional strengthens the nation’s qualification path to the 2028 LA Paralympic Video games.
Haruna’s efficiency in Oran confirmed resilience, self-discipline, energy and stability in opposition to a few of the world’s greatest para powerlifters and strengthened his standing as one among Africa’s elite athletes within the heavyweight division.
Following his success in Algeria, Haruna is now anticipated to proceed his worldwide actions on the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Video games in July, the place he’ll purpose to enhance his total efficiency complete, acquire extra world rating factors and strengthen his bid to qualify for Los Angeles 2028.
In her post-competition speech, Haruna devoted her accomplishments to Ghana and her management imaginative and prescient to drive the event of para sports activities.
“We’ve got strived to achieve the highest and earned President Samson Deen a medal for his achievements within the 2025 podium agenda that requires self-discipline and exhausting work.”
This newest achievement spurs Ghana’s progress in medal winnings on the African Open Championships and highlights the willpower of Ghana’s para-athletes to compete and excel on the highest worldwide degree regardless of restricted help and sources.
As he steadily strikes in the direction of LA 2028, his exploits proceed to encourage a brand new technology of para-athletes in Ghana and throughout Africa.
