Ghanaian athlete Martha Bissah successfully graduates from U.S University with BSc in Business Administration

Martha Bissah

Ghanaian Athlete Martha Bissah graduated from the Norfolk State University in the United States of America with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and majored in Management Studies over the weekend.

She completed the four-year-long course with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Management.

She was well dressed in a kentey outfit to sell Ghanaian culture to the rest of the world. She also wore her graduation gown to cover the kentey cloth to be in a graduation mood.

Martha Bissah emerged as a star when he won 800 metres in the 2014 Junior Olympics. She obtained a scholarship to further his education in the U.S and to also pursue her career in athletics.

However, he had issues with Ghana Athletics Association and the Ghana Olympics Committee and almost quit competing for Ghana.

Below are the details about Bissah's career

In 2014, Bissah won a gold medal in the girl's 800 race at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Bissah was banned indefinitely by the Ghana Athletics Association in June 2016.

In February 2017, she won four gold medals at the Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference Indoor and Track & Field Championships.

During her time at the university, 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 championship record in the US’ Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) women’s cross-country with a time of 17 minutes, 16 seconds.

In the 2018-19 season, amongst 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 MEAC 1,500m champion in a meet-record of 4:28.62.

In the month of February 2017, Martha won four gold medals at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Indoor and Track and Field Championships.

At her first outdoor season at Norfolk, she won another individual MEAC gold medal and also qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round.

During the 2014 Youth Summer Olympics, Martha won gold in the girls 800m race – Ghana’s first Olympic gold medal at any international event.