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Martha Bissah, who was part of a contingent of Ghanaian athletes for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, completed her degree at Norfolk State University in the United States of America over the weekend.
He completed the four-year course with a bachelor of science major in management.
During her time in college, she was named the Female Athlete of the Year for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019.
Her award in 2019 came after she set a new USA Middle East Athletic Conference (MEAC) women’s cross-country championship record with a time of 17 minutes and 16 seconds.
In the 2018-19 season, among other laurels, she became the first MEAC athlete since 2002-03 to repeat as the MEAC women’s cross-country champion with a time of 18: 02.04.
She won her third consecutive MEAC 800m outdoor title setting a personal record of 2: 03.13 and once again repeated as the MEAC 1,500m champion in a meeting record of 4: 28.62.
In February 2017, Martha won four gold medals at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
In his first outdoor season in Norfolk, he won another individual MEAC gold medal and also qualified for the NCAA Eastern Preliminary Round.
During the 2014 Youth Summer Olympics, Martha won gold in the women’s 800m race, Ghana’s first Olympic gold medal at any international event.
