Rhoda Njobvu
Personal information | |
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Full name | Rhoda Njobvu |
Nationality | Zambian |
Born | Lusaka, Zambia[1] | 29 January 1994
Sport | |
Country | Zambia |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres 4 × 100 metres relay |
Rhoda Njobvu (born 29 January 1994)[2] is a Zambian athlete who specializes in sprinting.[3]
Athletics career
Njobvu gained her first international experience at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she was eliminated from the 400m 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 200m. At the 2018 African Championships in Asaba, Delta she again reached the semi finals this time in the 100m, in addition, she won the bronze medal in the 4x400m relay setting a national record in the process with 3.38.18s.[4]
In May 2021, she competed at the World Athletics Relays in Chorzów, Poland. She and her colleagues missed the finals after running a 44.81 s in the preliminary round in May 2021.[5][6]
In 2021 she posted a personal best at the 100m 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 afterwards, she increased her record over 200m to 22:69 improving Kabange Mupopo's previous national record from 2017 by almost half a second, and qualified for the 200m 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 200m race where she finished fourth in her race running 23.72 seconds and had the fourteenth fastest time overall.[11]
Statistics
Personal best
- Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[12]
- 100 Meter: 11.12 s (-0.5 m/s), 20 March 2021 in Lusaka NR
- 200 Meter: 22.69 s (-0.2 m/s), 10 April 2021 in Lusaka NR
References
- ^ "Roda Njobu Profile". Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Rhoda Njobvu - Player Profile - Athletics". Eurosport. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
- ^ Bwalya, Chishimba (2021-01-11). ""RHODA HAS POTENTIAL": Olympian believes the sprinter can qualify with enough exposure". NOC Zambia. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
- ^ "Asaba 2018 Championship records thrill Olopade". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
- ^ "4X100 METRES RELAY WOMEN - Summary". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Dewa, Colleta (10 May 2021). "Relay teams shine in Poland". The Southern Times. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Chinedu, Ugo (April 7, 2021). "Women In Sports: Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha".
- ^ "Rhoda Secures Her Slot In The Tokyo 2021 Olympics | MUVI Television | First in News and Entertainment". www.muvitv.com.
- ^ http://www.africathle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ZAM_20210310_All-Comers-Lusaka.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Njobvu's Chase For A Medal Ends". znbc.co.zm.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2022 women's 200m semi-finals results; Thompson-Herah stayed on sprint double course". world-track.org.
- ^ "Rhodah Njobvu | Profile | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
External links
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Zambian female sprinters
- Sportspeople from Lusaka
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Zambia
- Olympic athletes of Zambia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games