British-based boxer Cindy Ngamba has been tipped to become the first athlete to win a medal for the IOC’s refugee team after qualifying for the Paris Olympics this summer
British-based Cindy Ngamba backed for Olympic history with refugee team26-year-old becomes first to earn spot through qualifyingThe British-based boxer Cindy Ngamba has been tipped to become the first athlete to win a medal for the International Olympic Committee’s refugee team after qualifying for the Paris Olympics this summer.wanted to pick her for their Olympic squad, but were unable to because she does not have a British passport.
Ngamba is unable to return to Cameroon because she is homosexual, which remains a criminal offence in the country. She has been through school and university in the UK, and has a degree in criminology. She started her boxing career in Britain when she was 15. She joined a local gym in Bolton because she was being bullied about her accent. She has since won national amateur titles in three different weight categories. But she is still fighting to win British citizenship.
The 36 athletes on the 2024 Olympic Refugee team are originally from 11 different countries and will compete in 12 different sports. Ngamba is one of five who are based in the UK, along with Dorsa Yavarivafa and Matin Balsini, who were both born in Iran, Farzad Mansouri, from Afghanistan, and Ramiro Mora Romero, from Cuba. Balsini is a swimmer, Yavarifvafa will compete in badminton, and Mansouri in taekwondo, while Romero is a weightlifter.
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