Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye
.jpg) Bass in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 May 1995 Tubakuta, Gambia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m, 10.93 2024, Fort-de-France 200m 22.58 2019, Rabat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye, commonly known as Gina Bass (born 3 May 1995) is a Gambian athlete competing in sprinting events.[2]
Early life and career
[edit]Gina Bass was born in May 1995 in Toubacouta, Senegal, she moved to the Gambia at a very young age.[3] Her talent was sported very early when she used to participate in schools athletic competition.
She won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2016 African Championships. Bass qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the Gambian flag bearer.[4]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she placed 52nd in the 200 metres heats and did not qualify for the semi-finals.[5]
She is the first-ever Gambian to qualify for the final at the World Athletics Championships.
She currently holds national records in the 100 and 200 metres.
She qualified to represent Gambia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metre and 200 metre events.[6] In the 100 metres race, she set a new national record of 11.12 seconds.[7]
International competitions
[edit]Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.93 (+0.5 m/s, Port-de-France 2024) NR
- 200 metres – 22.58 (+1.8 m/s, Rabat 2019) NR
References
[edit]- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye at World Athletics
- ^ "THE STORY OF GINA BASS .. Gambia's Hottest Olympic Medal Hopeful – The Standard Newspaper | Gambia". 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "AIPS Media".
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Gambian sprinter Gina Bass grabs WC & Olympic ticket |". 31 August 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 5 Results". Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
External links
[edit]African Champions in women's 100 metres | |
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Fatick Region
- Gambian female sprinters
- Olympic female sprinters
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- African Games gold medalists for the Gambia
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