BASS Gina

Date of Birth: 3 May 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Birth Country:

Senegal

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m
	Women's 200m

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 5	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Semi-Final 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 7	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Semi-Final 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (23.43)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m
2019	Doha, QAT	SF (11.24)	6th (22.71)
2017	London, GBR	-	Heats (23.56)

African Games

Year	Location	100m	200m
2019	Rabat, MAR	2nd (11.13)	1st (22.58)

African Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m
2018	Asaba, NGR	8th (11.85)	4th (23.40)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

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She was affected by a leg injury early in the 2019 season. (foroyaa.net. 02 Sep 2019)

"I started running when I was at primary school when we used to do regional championships. I continued to run in junior and senior school and that is where one of the coaches saw something in me and began encouraging me to the point where I am today." (worldathletics.org, 17 Dec 2019)

To reach the final at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to break the 200m world record. (worldathletics.org, 17 Dec 2019; Citi Sports Ghana YouTube channel, 30 Sep 2019)

She trains at the Confederation of Africa Athletics High Performance Centre in Dakar, Senegal. (esmintl.com, 01 Feb 2020; worldathletics.org, 19 Nov 2019)

Ivorian sprinter Marie Josee Ta Lou. (worldathletics.org, 17 Dec 2019)

Philosophy:

"If you believe in yourself, never be discouraged." (worldathletics.org, 17 Dec 2019)

In 2020 she received the Woman of the Year Award at the Fatu Network Heroes Awards in Gambia. (gambianews.gm, 16 Mar 2020; fatunetwork.net, 16 Mar 2020)

In 2015 and 2019 she was voted Best Female Athlete by the Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia [SJAG]. (africafeeds.com, 06 Sep 2019; thepoint.gm, 26 Jul 2016; thepoint.gm, 09 Jun 2016)

She was flag bearer for Gambia at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (bbc.co.uk, 26 Feb 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She has served as a member of the security unit in the police department in Gambia. (foroyaa.net. 02 Sep 2019)

TOO YOUNG
In 2010 she made the qualifying standard for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, but she was too young to take part. She was born on 03 May 1995 and the competition was open to athletes born at the very latest on 31 December 1994. "When they said I was too young, I was never discouraged. I still continued pushing harder." (worldathletics.org, 17 Dec 2019)

Milestones

She became the first competitor representing Gambia to reach the final of an athletics event at the world championships at the 2019 edition of the tournament in Doha, Qatar. She eventually placed sixth in the 200m. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 Aug 2020; worldathletics.org, 17 Dec 2019)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/bass.gina.12/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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