Rhoda Njobvu
.jpg) Rhoda Njobvu in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rhoda Njobvu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Zambian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1994 Lusaka, Zambia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Zambia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres 4 × 100 metres relay | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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 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
2020 Tokyo Olympics.[8] Shortly afterward, 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.
- ^ 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. 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Rhodah Njobvu | Profile | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
