The Gambia at the 2019 African Games
The Gambia at the 2019 African Games | |
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in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019 | |
Competitors | 21 (13 men and 8 women) in 5 sports and 16 events |
Medals Ranked 19th |
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African Games appearances | |
The Gambia competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing the country won two gold medals and one silver medal. The country finished in 19th place in the medal table.
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
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3x3 basketball
[edit]Awa Jawara, Aminata Jobe, Yassin Jaal Mboob and Adam Touray competed in 3x3 basketball in the women's tournament.[1] The team reached the quarterfinals.[1]
Athletics
[edit]Gina Bass won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres event.[2][3] She also won the gold medal in the women's 200 metres event.[3][4]
Fatou Sanneh also competed in the women's 100 metres and women's 200 metres events.[3] In both events she qualified in the heats to compete in the semifinals and in both events she did not qualify to compete in the final.[3]
Ebrahima Camara, Adama Jammeh and Sengan Jobe competed in the men's 100 metres event.[3] Jobe did not advance to compete in the semifinals.[3] Jammeh reached the semifinals and Camara reached the final.[3] Camara finished in 7th place in the final.[3]
Judo
[edit]Two athletes competed in judo: Adbdourahman Ceesay (men's −81 kg) and Omar Jobe (men's +100 kg).[5][6] They were both eliminated in the first round.[5][6]
Swimming
[edit]Momodou Lamin Saine and Ebrima Sorry Buaro competed in swimming.[7][8]
Saine competed in the men's 50 metres breaststroke event and in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event.[7]
Buaro competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event and in the men's 100 metre freestyle event.[8]
Volleyball
[edit]Beach Volleyball
[edit]- Men
Sainey Jawo and Babou Jarra Mbye competed in beach volleyball and won the gold medal in the men's tournament.[9]
Athlete | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | |
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Pool A | Rank | |||||
Sainey Jawo Babou Jarra Mbye | ![]() ![]() L 1 - 2 21-8, 15-21, 6-15 | 1 | ![]() ![]() W 2 - 0 21-18, 28-26 | ![]() ![]() W 2 - 0 21-14, 21-16 | ![]() ![]() W 2 - 1 21-17, 17-21, 17-15 | ![]() |
![]() ![]() W 2 - 0 25-23, 21-17 | ||||||
![]() ![]() W 2 - 1 18-21, 22-20, 20-18 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "3x3 basketball - Women's tournament". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ "Women's 100 metres - Results". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Athletics - Event Overview - Women's 200m". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Adbdourahman Ceesay - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Omar Jobe - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Momodou Lamin Saine - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Ebrima Sorry Buaro - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Jawo / Mbye Team Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.