Martha Bissah
.jpg) Martha during the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 August 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Norfolk State University | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 metres, 800 metres | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Norfolk State Spartans | ||||||||||||||
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Martha Bissah (born 24 August 1997) is a Ghanaian athlete. She won a gold medal in the girls' 800m race at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in a time of 2:04.90.[1][2][3]
Education
[edit]Bissah attended Aduman Senior High School in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[2][4] In December 2020, she completed a degree in business with emphasis in Management at the Norfolk State University in the United States.[5] In May 2021, she graduated with a second degree in General Business/Marketing at Norfolk State University.[6]
Career
[edit]In 2014, Bissah won a gold medal in the girls' 800m race at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[7][8]
Bissah was banned indefinitely by the Ghana Athletics Association in June 2016.[9]
In February 2017, she won four gold medals at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Indoor and Track & Field Championships.[7]
In 2018, she was named the Female Athlete of the Year for the second time at Norfolk State University.[3]
In 2019, for the second time Martha was named the Female Athlete of the year at Norfolk State University, she got the award after registering a time of 17 minutes and 16 seconds, thereby setting a new championship record.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "ATHLETE PROFILE MARTHA BISSAH". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Martha Bissah wins Ghana's first ever Olympic Gold medal - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ a b "Martha Bissah named Female Athlete of the Year at US college". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ "Martha Bissah wins Ghana's first ever Olympic Gold medal". ghanatrade.gov.gh. Ghana Trade Portal | Ministry of Trade and Industry. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Ghana's Golden Girl, Martha Bissah Graduates with a BSc". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ "Ghana's Golden Girl: Martha Bissah grabs second degree at Norfolk University - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ a b "Martha Bissah Ghanaian sprinter wins Most Outstanding Athlete at MEAC Championship". pulse.com.gh. Pulse.com.gh. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Martha Bissah's career nosedives as managers haggle over control". www.myjoyonline.com. 2016-06-02. Archived from the original on 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ Effah, K. (2019-09-23). "US University names Martha Bissah as Female Athlete of the Year for second time". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
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