Mama Gassama

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Mama Gassama (born December 28, 1984 ) is a former Gambian high jumper .

Life

Gassama started athletics in 1999. Her most important achievement was winning the gold medal at the Junior African Athletics Championships 2003 with a jump height of 1.60 m.

In 2004 Gassama was selected alongside Jaysuma Saidy Ndure as one of two people for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Since no other athletes took part in qualifying competitions, Gambia was only allowed to send two people, a man and a woman, to Athens. In June 2004 Gassama was trained for three weeks in Great Britain by the British national high jump coach Mike Dolby.

On July 31, 2004 Gassama left with the Gambian team from Banjul , but was not allowed to compete in Athens in the qualifying round for the final competition. According to Dodou J. Joof , General Secretary of the Gambia Athletics Association (GAA), the starting height of 1.75 m was set as the starting height in the qualifying round, which was well above Gassama's best, so that Gassama was not allowed to compete . In the qualifying round, the athletes later had to reach a height of 1.92 m in order to take part in the final competition.

For a short time, instead of Gassama, the Gambian middle-distance runner Adama Njie competed in the 800-meter run at the Olympic Games .

With a height of 1.65 m, Gassama holds the Gambian high jump record.

Competitive performance

  • 2000 : West African Cadet Championship in Bamako (Mali): 1st place.
  • May 11, 2001 in Banjul (Gambia): 1.65 m.
  • 28-30 June 2001: West African Senior Championship in Lagos (Nigeria): bronze medal (1.60 m).
  • 2002: Solidarity Athletics Meeting in Banjul (Gambia): Gold medal (1.65 m).
  • 8/9 June 2002: Senegalese Championships (Dakar): 2nd place (1.60 m).
  • July 31–3. August 2003: Junior African Athletics Championships in Garoua (Cameroon): gold medal (1.60 m).
  • August 29, 2003: Summer Universiade 2003 in Daegu (South Korea): 14th place (1.60 m).
  • October 12, 2003: African Games 2003 in Abuja (Nigeria): 9th place (1.65 m).
  • 14.-17. April 2004: Solidarity Athletics Meeting in Nouakchott (Mauritania): Gold medal.
  • July 11, 2004: Senegalese Championships (Dakar): 1st place (1.65 m).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mama GASSAMA - Olympic | Gambia. June 20, 2016, accessed March 14, 2019 .
  2. ^ Gambia: Two Gambian Athletes in Olympic Games. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Gambian Athlete Leaves for UK. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Click here to view Michael's obituary. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ solihullnews administrator: Solihull Coach blasts young golden no-hopers - Solihull News. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b c Gambia: Ambitious Dream Turns to Disaster Mama Gassama Dropped From Olympic Squad. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Gambia: Violence Hits Banjul Nawettan. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b c Mama Gassama | Profiles | iaaf.org. February 1, 2016, archived from the original on August 15, 2016 ; accessed on March 16, 2019 .
  9. ↑ a b c Gambia: Profile of Gambian Athletes to Olympic Games. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Africa: Gambia ranks third. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Résultats Juin 2002. Retrieved on March 16, 2019 .
  12. ↑ African Junior Championships - delayed report | News | iaaf.org. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Gambia: Far East Beckons Athletes. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Summer Universiade Daegu 2003. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Women High Jump Athletics VIII All Africa Games Abuja (NGR) 2003 - Sunday 12.10. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  16. ^ All Africa Games - Abuja 2003. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Gambia: The Gambia Retains Solidarity Athletics Title. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Results July 2004. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gassama, mom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian high jumper
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1984