Rhodah Njobvu

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Rhodah Njobvu athletics
nation ZambiaZambia Zambia
birthday 29th January 1994 (age 26)
place of birth Lusaka , Zambia
Career
discipline sprint
status active
Medal table
African Championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
 African Championships
bronze Asaba 2018 4 × 400 m
last change: March 11, 2020

Rhodah Njobvu (born January 29, 1994 in Lusaka ) is a Zambian sprinter .

Athletic career

Rhodah Njobvu gained her first international experience at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow , where she was eliminated in the first round of the 400 meter run with 57.47 seconds. The following year she finished fifth at the Africa Games in Brazzaville with the Zambian 4 x 100 meter relay in 44.97 s and was eliminated over 400 meters with 54.35 s in the preliminary round. In 2016 she made it to the semi-finals at the African Championships in Durban in the 200-meter run , in which she was eliminated with 24.50 seconds. At the 2018 African Championships in Asaba , she also reached the semi-finals in the 100-meter run , in which she was eliminated with 12.09 seconds. In addition, she won the bronze medal behind the teams from Nigeria and Kenya in the Zambian four-by-400-meter relay in 3: 38.18 minutes and could not finish the race with the four-by-100-meter relay. The following year she reached the semi-finals at the Africa Games in Rabat over 200 meters, in which she was eliminated with 23.94 s and finished seventh with the Zambian relay in 47.16 s.

Top performances

  • 100 meters: 11.21 s (+1.0 m / s), March 7, 2020 in Lusaka ( Zambian record )
  • 200 meters: 23.23 s (+0.8 m / s), February 22, 2020 in Ndola
  • 400 meters: 54.35 s on September 13, 2015 in Brazzaville

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