Robert Kotei

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Robert Ebenezer Abossey•Kotei
Used name	Robert•Kotei
Born	15 July 1935 in ?	GHA
Died	26 June 1979 (aged 43 years 11 months 11 days) in Accra, Greater Accra	GHA
Measurements	177 cm / 68 kg
NOC	Ghana	GHA

Biography

Robert Kotei had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games high jump.

Personal Best: HJ – 2.083 (1960).

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
1960 Summer Olympics	Athletics	GHA			Robert Kotei
	High Jump, Men (Olympic)		10

List mentions

Listed in Olympians Who Were Murdered (Kotei was executed by a firing squad together with General Fred Akuffo and Lieutenant General Akwasi Afrifa, Colonel Roger Felli, Vice Air Marshal Yaw Boakye and Rear Admiral Joy Amedume by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games (0–0–1 1958 Cardiff ATH bronze: high jump)