Rachel Ankomah ‘s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Rachel A.N. Ankomah  is a Ghanaian Rugby League Enthusiast,video & content creator and an advocate for women in sports. She was the first Women’s Rugby League Cordinator in Ghana and a pioneer for the sport in Ghana.

She was born on 28th December at Accra,Ghana.

Early life and Education.

Rachel is an alumnus of Achimota Senior High School and University of Ghana,Legon.

Sports has always been a vital part of her life as she started at a very young age. Her first competitive sport was Triple Jump in Junior High School.

She continued with the sport in Senior High School while proceeding with participating in Soccer, hockey, Basketball, Handball, Cricket and Javelin. She was amongst the team that represented Achimota School in the games in Nigeria in 2011 and 2013. She became the captain of the Achimota Hockey School Team in 2012.

In University, she was part of the team that represented University of Ghana at the GUSA games in 2014 and 2016, taking the first position and second position respectively in the hockey  Competitions.

In 2016, she became the Team Manager for Warriors Volleyball club and she was the driving force behind the team’s winnings. In 2017, she became the Team Manager for Titans Sporting Club- Rugby.

Career

She joined First Insurance Company Ltd in 2017 as a National Service Personnel and in 2019 as an Assistant Executive Officer.

In 2019, she became the Team Manager for Ghana Skolars Rugby League Club. She helped the team take the second position in the Ghana Rugby League Championship that same year. Her zeal and determination pushed the players to improve and this resulted in majority of the players being selected for the National Team.

She was also selected as the best Team Manager in February  2020.

With her help and efforts,  her team also won the February edition of the Ghana 9’s Series.

Rachel became the Women’s coordinator for RLFG in June 2020. She was in charge of the development of the women’s division.  She launched a campaign called Pretty Girls Play Rugby League in 2020. The aim was to Challenge the Stereotyping of women in sports especially those in rugby League.  This paved a way for the Federation to increase the number of ladies in the sport.

Rachel was then selected to be part of the Middle East and Africa Women’s Working Group. This group was in charge of the development of women’s rugby league in the Middle East and Africa regions.

She was also selected to represent the group at the International Rugby League Women and Girls Advisory group. She helped her club gain a partnership deal with Athen Raiders Rugby League Club in Greece.

In 2021, she started her own project called Rachel Ankomah RL where she interviews Rugby League personalities, creates Rugby League contents and also educate and promote the sport in her own way.

Achievements and awards

• Youth Sports Personality of the Year 21
• First Woman to own a Rugby League Club in Ghana
• First women’s Rugby League Cordinator in Ghana
• Launched Accra Majestics Rugby League Club.
• Created and launched 5 women teams in 2020.
• Launched the Pretty girls play Rugby League campaign to battle the Stereotyping of women in sports and also create Awareness of the sport.
• Interviewed by Chasing Kangaroos podcast(based in Australia) in a special edition known as chasing jillaroos in 2020
• Recognized as a Rugby League Hero by the International Rugby League in 2020.
• Featured in an interview by Beyond the Pitch, a Ghanaian owned sports documentary channel)
• Selected as a member of the MEA WWG
• Selected as a representative of the MEA WWG at the IRL WGAG.
• Selected as the best Team Manager in February 2020
• Captain of the Achimota Hockey Team in 2012.
• Featured in a magazine called Changein Africa Magazine(based in UK)
• Interviewed by Rodney Hinds(award winning sports Jounalist for The Voice online UK) in 2021
• Launched the we empower campaign in 2021 to encourage women to improve their quality of lives while challenging society’s misconduct of women in sports.
• First team Manager for Ghana Skolars Rugby League Club.
• Selected to join the Match Review Panel for the RLFG