The Most Famous

ATHLETES from The Gambia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Gambian Athletes. The pantheon dataset contains 6,025 Athletes, 1 of which were born in The Gambia. This makes The Gambia the birth place of the 136th most number of Athletes behind Åland Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Gambian Athletes of all time. This list of famous Gambian Athletes is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

Photo of Jaysuma Saidy Ndure

1. Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (b. 1984)

With an HPI of 29.25, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure is the most famous Gambian Athlete.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.

Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (born 1 January 1984) is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. He is of Serer heritage of the noble Ndure family. In 2002, he went to Oslo, aged 18 and settled with his father who has lived in Norway since the 1970s. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds Norwegian records in the 100 and in the 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances. He has a bronze medal from the African Championships and several top-three placings in IAAF Golden League meets and the IAAF World Athletics Final.

Photo of Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye

2. Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 0.00, Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye is the 2nd most famous Gambian Athlete.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye, commonly known as Gina Bass (born 3 May 1995) is a Gambian athlete competing in sprinting events.

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3. Ebrima Buaro (b. 2000)

With an HPI of 0.00, Ebrima Buaro is the 3rd most famous Gambian Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Ebrima Sorry Buaro (born 16 September 2000) is a Gambian swimmer. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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4. Ahmed Tijan (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 0.00, Ahmed Tijan is the 4th most famous Gambian Athlete.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Ahmed Tijan Janko (born on April 28, 1995) is a Qatari beach volleyball player originally from The Gambia. In 2018, he alongside Cherif Younousse clinched the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia. The pair qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where they won the bronze medal, the first ever medal for Qatar in beach volleyball.

People

Pantheon has 4 people classified as Gambian athletes born between 1984 and 2000. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Gambian athletes include Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye, and Ebrima Buaro. As of April 2024, 3 new Gambian athletes have been added to Pantheon including Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye, Ebrima Buaro, and Ahmed Tijan.

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