Adama Njie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Adama Njie
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Feb 7, 1978(1978-02-07)
Age	46
Birthplace	Gambia
Country	Gambia
Horoscope	Pisces

Adama Njie Biography

Adama Njie is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on February 7, 1978 in Gambia, Gambia. Adama Njie (or N’Jie; born 7 February 1978) is a retired Gambian middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. She represented her country in three Olympic Games and one Commonwealth Games, and was the flag-bearer for the Gambia at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

In the 800 metres at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, Njie ran the slowest time in her heat and the fourth-slowest overall. She did improve at the 2003 World Championships, finishing over nine seconds slower than she had two years previous. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Njie was again the only woman in the Gambian delegation. She was only invited to compete a month before the games were due to start, as another Gambian athlete, Mama Gassama, had been withdrawn. Njie placed last in her heat with a time of 2:10.02, more than ten seconds behind the heat winner, Maria Cioncan of Romania. However, she became the first Gambian woman to participate in three Olympic Games, with sprinter Jabou Jawo being the only other Gambian woman to have previously participated in multiple editions.

Adama Njie Net Worth

Adama Njie is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from Gambia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Adama Njie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the 1996 African Championships in Athletics, aged 18, Njie won a bronze medal in the women’s 800 metres (with a time of 2:10.10). She was the first Gambian runner to win a medal at the championships for an individual performance, as the country’s only other medal had come in the 4 × 100 metres relay (at the 1984 event). A few weeks after her medal at the African Championships, Njie was a member of the nine-athlete Gambian delegation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, as the only female competitor for her country. Her only race was the 800 metres, where she failed to finish the race. She was the third-youngest runner in the event, after Ethiopia’s Kutre Dulecha and Yaznee Nasheeda of the Maldives.

Running in the 800 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, Njie placed last in her heat and finished 31st in a field of 36 runners. She fared better in the 800 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, placing 17th in a field of 25 runners where the top 16 qualified for the semi- finals. For the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Njie was one of only two Gambian athletes (along with Pa Mamadou Gai, and became the country’s first female flag-bearer. She again ran the 800 metres, and finished second-last in her heat with a time of 2:07.90, which placed her 31st out of 37 runners overall.

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Facts & Trivia

Adama Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Gambia. Adama Njie celebrates birthday on February 7 of every year.

Top Facts about Adama Njie

1. Adama Njie is a Gambian middle-distance runner.
2. She was born on May 15, 1998.
3. Njie specializes in the 800m and 1500m events.
4. Her personal best time for the 800m is 2:08.98.
5. Njie won gold at the African Junior Championships in 2017.
6. She also competed at the Commonwealth Games in 2018.
7. In 2021, Njie qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.
8. She is one of only two athletes representing Gambia at the Olympics.
9. Njie trains with Team New Balance Boston in Massachusetts, USA.
10. She hopes to inspire more young girls to take up athletics.