 Martha during the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 August 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Education | Norfolk State University | |||||||||||||
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| 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]
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]
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]
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