NJIE Faye

Date of Birth: 23 Nov 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Place of residence : FINLAND

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Men -73 kg	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Men -73 kg Elimination Round of 32 #6 GAM NJIE FNJIE Faye 0 TJK MAKHMADBEKOV SMAKHMADBEKOV Somon 10 IPP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-73 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	33

World Championships

Year	Location	-73 kg
2021	Budapest, HUN	17
2019	Tokyo, JPN	33
2018	Baku, AZE	33
2017	Budapest, HUN	17

African Championships

Year	Location	-73 kg
2021	Dakar, SEN	2
2019	Cape Town, RSA	3
2017	Antananarivo, MAD	2

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2x	1x
2020	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2x
2019	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2x	1x
2018	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	-	2x	-	1x	-
2017	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2020	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x
2019	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	1x	-	1x
2018	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x
2017	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2018	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x
2017	-73 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	1x

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
7	2019	-73 kg	Grand Prix	Marrakech, MAR
7	2017	-73 kg	World Cup	Katowice, POL
7	2017	-73 kg	Grand Prix	The Hague, NED
9	2019	-73 kg	Grand Prix	Antalya, TUR
9	2018	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
9	2018	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
17	2021	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Kazan, RUS
17	2021	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Antalya, TUR
17	2019	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Abu Dhabi, UAE
17	2019	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
17	2019	-73 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR
17	2018	-73 kg	Grand Slam	Abu Dhabi, UAE
17	2018	-73 kg	World Cup	Sofia, BUL
17	2017	-73 kg	World Cup	Odivelas, POR

Occupation:

Physical Education - University of Wolverhampton, Great Britain

Sporting relatives:

His father Ebrima Njie was a black belt in karate. (thepoint.gm, 15 Sep 2015)

He took up judo at age eight. (akiyamasettimo.it, 24 Jul 2016)

He liked the sport as soon as he tried it. "My passion for judo started right after the first practice. What inspired me was its versatility, there were so many things to do and train, including gymnastics and running." (akiyamasettimo.it, 24 Jul 2016)

"My biggest dream is to bring home the first Olympic medal of Gambia." (sportnewsafrica.com, 19 May 2021)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING GAMBIA
He represented Finland in junior international competition, but did not participate in Finland senior national training camps because he could not afford the fees and was subsequently never selected for the Finland national team. He then held talks with the Gambian minister of sport as well as the president of the Gambian national judo federation and completed a switch to represent Gambia in January 2015. (mvlehti.net, 31 May 2016)

Milestones

He became the first athlete to represent Gambia in judo at the Olympic Games, when he competed in the -73kg category at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Jul 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/faye.njie

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
IPP:: Ippon

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