Alexandra Ndolo (born 13 August 1986) is a German-born left-handed épée fencer who switched allegiances to fence for Kenya in 2022. She qualified to be Kenya's only fencer at the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Life

Ndolo was born in

Bayreuth Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...

, Northern Bavaria, Germany in 1986. Her mother was Polish and her father was from Kenya. She represented Germany at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

held in Kazan, Russia. In 2014 she took an interest in Kenya when she started donating equipment. She competed in the women's épée event at the World Fencing Championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Ndolo won the silver medal in the women's épée event at the 2017 European Fencing Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia. Ndolo won one of the bronze medals in her event at the

2019 European Fencing Championships The 2019 European Fencing Championships was held in Düsseldorf, Germany from 17 to 22 June 2019 at the Messe Düsseldorf hall 8b. Schedule Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Results Men Foil individual Épée ...

held in Düsseldorf, Germany. This was the same year that she was one of the founders of the Kenya Fencing Association, even though many Kenyans were unaware of the sport. She also competed at the

2022 European Fencing Championships The 2022 European Fencing Championships was a fencing competition that took place from 17 to 22 June 2022 in Antalya, Turkey. Schedule Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Results Men Foil individual Épée individua ...

held in Antalya, Turkey. During the COVID-19 pandemic she realised that although fencing was helping some children in Kenya, it would be sometime before the Kenya Fencing Association created a champion. Until then she would need to be that champion. She decided to change her sporting allegiance in 2022. She had won the silver medal in the women's épée event at the

2022 World Fencing Championships The 2022 World Fencing Championships was held from 15 to 23 July 2022 in Cairo, Egypt. Schedule Twelve events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+2).'' Medal summary Medal table Men Women References External linksOfficial website ...

held in Cairo, Egypt for Germany. She still lives and trains in Cologne but she travels internationally to represent Kenya. She has twice won the African fencing championships and she is scheduled to be Kenya's only fencer at the Olympic Games.

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* Living people 1986 births Place of birth missing (living people) German female fencers German people of Kenyan descent German épée fencers Left-handed fencers Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century German women World Fencing Championships medalists Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Kenya {{Kenya-sport-bio-stub