 Rhoda Njobvu in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rhoda Njobvu |
| Nationality | Zambian |
| Born | 29 January 1994 Lusaka, Zambia [1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Zambia |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres 4 × 100 metres relay |
Medal record | |
Rhoda Njobvu (born 29 January 1994) [2] is a Zambian athlete who specializes in sprinting. [3]
Njobvu gained her first international experience at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she was eliminated from the 400 m with 57.47 seconds in the first round. In 2016, she made it to the semi-finals at the African Championships in Durban in the 200 m. At the 2018 African Championships in Asaba, Delta, she again reached the semi-finals, this time in the 100 m, in addition, she won the bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, setting a national record in the process with 3:38.18 min. [4]
In May 2021, she competed at the World Athletics Relays in Chorzów, Poland. She and her colleagues missed the finals after running 44.81 s in the preliminary round in May 2021. [5] [6]
In 2021 she posted a personal best at the 100 m, which at 11.12 was briefly the leading time in the world, tied with Tiana Wilson before it was beaten by Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha. [7] It also secured her spot at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [8] Shortly afterward, she increased her record over 200 m to 22:69 improving Kabange Mupopo's previous national record from 2017 by almost half a second, and qualified for the 200 m at the 2020 Summer Olympics as well. [9] Njobvu did not reach the semi-finals at the Olympics in either event. [10] Njobvu ran both events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and reached the semi-finals in the 200 m race where she finished fourth in her race running 23.72 seconds and had the fourteenth fastest time overall. [11]
