All About Martha Bissah, The 17 Year Old Who Won Ghana’s First Ever Olympic Gold Medal

Ghana’s Martha Bissah became the first Ghanaian to win an Olympic gold medal at any level after running a massive personal best and a new junior national record of 2:04.90 to snatch victory in the 800m final at the ongoing Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China on Saturday.

Biography

Date of birth: 24 August 1997 (Age 17 )
School: Aduman Senior High School
Hometown: Kumasi – Ashanti

Honors

National Sea and Shore National Circuit – 800m Champion (2014)
2014 African Youth Games – Bronze
2014 Youth Olympics – Gold

Personal Best

Martha Bissah (GHA) won the 2014 Youth Olympics women’s 800m in 2:04.90, improving her personal best by 1.42 seconds.

Gold medal performance

 

Source: omgghana