Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba (born 7 September 1998) is a Cameroonian boxer who competed for the
EOC Refugee Team at the 2023 European Games. She is the first-ever medalist for the
Refugee Olympic Team at the Olympics
The Refugee Olympic Team is a group made up of independent Olympic participants who are refugees. In March 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announced the creation of the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team, as a sym ...
, having won bronze in
women's 75 kg boxing at the
2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...
.
Personal life
Ngamba was born in
Cameroon.
At the age of 11, Ngamba moved to the
United Kingdom.
[ Her uncle lost Ngamba's immigration paperwork when he moved back to Cameroon.][ Ngamba and her brother were detained whilst attending an immigration office in Bolton, and sent to a detention centre in London.][ Aged 18, Ngamba came out as lesbian; as such, she does not want to return to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal.][
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Career
Ngamba trains with GB Boxing, although she cannot compete for Great Britain as she does not have a British passport.[ She has won British National Amateur Championships in three different weight categories, making her the first woman to achieve the feat since Natasha Jonas.][
In 2023, Ngamba won a Bocskai event in Hungary,][ and competed in the under 75kg event][
She competed for the Refugee Olympic Team in the 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1][ and qualified for the Summer Olympics in Paris, alongside her British colleague Chantelle Reid.]2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships
The 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships (the 12th edition of the championships) was held in Istanbul, Turkey from 8 to 20 May 2022.
Medal winners were awarded prize money; gold medallists earn $100,000, silver medallists $50,000, and bro ...
gold medalist Tammara Thibeault from Canada in the first round and won by 3:2 split decision. She defeated 2022 World Championship bronze medalist Davina Michel of France via unanimous decision in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics to guarantee herself at least a bronze medal and in the process becoming the first person to win an Olympic medal for the Refugee Olympic Team
The Refugee Olympic Team is a group made up of independent Olympic participants who are refugees. In March 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announced the creation of the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team, as a s ...
.Atheyna Bylon
Atheyna Bylon (born April 6, 1989) is a Panamanian boxer. Is a police officer. She started at 19 years old, and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's middleweight event, in which she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Andreia ...
from Panama in the semi-finals and lost by 4:1 split decision, therefore taking a bronze medal.
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1998 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Bolton
Boxers at the 2023 European Games
Cameroonian emigrants to England
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in England
Cameroonian LGBT people
Cameroonian women boxers
LGBT boxers
Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Refugees in the United Kingdom
Boxers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Lesbian sportswomen
Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in boxing
Olympic bronze medalists for the Refugee Olympic Team