▁Championships . ▁ ▁Career ▁Born ▁in ▁Re ck ling hausen ▁to ▁parents ▁of ▁Gh ana ian ▁origin , ▁she ▁moved ▁to ▁W att ens che id ▁with ▁her ▁family ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁train ▁in ▁athlet ics ▁with ▁S law om ir ▁Filip owski ▁at ▁the ▁local ▁club , ▁TV ▁W att ens che id ▁ 0 1 ▁Le icht ath let ik . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁she ▁was ▁the ▁ 6 0 ▁metres ▁runner - up ▁at ▁the ▁national ▁junior ▁champion ships , ▁setting ▁a ▁best ▁of ▁ 7 . 5 5 ▁seconds , ▁and ▁ran ▁a ▁ 1 0 0 ▁metres ▁best ▁of ▁ 1 1 . 9 2 ▁seconds ▁to ▁take ▁third ▁at ▁the ▁national ▁youth ▁champion ships . ▁She ▁improved ▁these ▁times ▁to ▁ 7 . 4 8 ▁and ▁ 1 1 . 6 6 ▁seconds ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁and ▁won ▁both ▁the ▁national ▁junior ▁titles ▁in ▁the ▁events . ▁She ▁was ▁selected ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁World ▁Junior ▁Championships ▁in ▁Athletics ▁and ▁represented ▁Germany ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 0 0   m ▁( re aching ▁the ▁semi - final s ) ▁and ▁the ▁ 4 × 1 0 0 ▁metres ▁relay . ▁ ▁K wad wo ' s ▁first ▁international ▁med als ▁came ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁European ▁Athletics ▁Junior ▁Championships , ▁where ▁she ▁won ▁gold ▁med als ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁ 1 0 0   m ▁individual ▁and ▁relay ▁events . ▁She