PARISCindy Ngamba writes a different story about her life, but it coincides with the story of Olympic history. She is the first athlete from the Refugee Team to step onto the podium of the Olympics, because she reached the boxing semifinals and this meant at least a bronze medal.
At 25, Cindy can tell stories longer than the Olympics. She immigrated to England as a child from Cameroon.Through a thousand events until, at the age of 18, a person declared homosexual, he decided not to return to his country, where his sexual orientation would be a crime.
At Paris 2024, 29 Refugee Team athletes paraded down the Seine, standing on the bows of their boats, all dressed in white. One Team is a symbol of hope for everyone, especially as sport is a real way to help those who, for serious reasons, have been forced to leave their country. Cindy, along with long-distance runner Dominic Lobalu from South Sudan, are the favourites for the team to win their long-awaited first medal at their third Olympics, having made their debut in Rio 2016.
Yesterday, Cindy defeated French opponent Davina Michel in the quarter-finals with a score of 5-0, closing an overwhelming match.-75 kg
Both were on the left in the first round, but the Cameroonian’s greater mobility won the match. It would have been a draw at least, but Cindy was hoping for more. And you could have sworn he wasn’t the easy type.
Born in Douala, Cameroon in 1998, she is Kenneth’s younger sister. In 2007, when they were nine years old, their mother, Gisette, took them to France, while her ex-husband made it to the UK. Two years later, the woman realized that she could no longer afford the children’s living and schooling, so she sent them to their father in Bolton. A new period of hardship began for little Cindy, who, without valid papers in the UK, was stopped several times by accident.
He once spent 48 hours in a refugee centre in London.Her father, a British citizen, tried to free her but – despite financial help sent to her from France by his wife – he failed to complete the necessary paperwork to legitimise the children. Ngamba spoke no English and was left to endure the cold and rain.
AND suffer from bulimia and depression, are overweight and are often victims of bullying At school, for a long time he refused to leave the house. Then she started playing sports to lose weight, encouraged by her brother, who forced her to go jogging every morning and after a few months convinced her to join the gym.
She played soccer and later became the first girl to join the local boxing team. The early days were tough, her trainer put her through intense workouts to lose weight, and it was only after two years that Cindy was able to step through the gloves in the ring. At 19, she won her first fight and in 2019 she became the British champion.
He wants to represent England in major international tournaments. But she can’t because she doesn’t have British citizenship.
Since 2020 she has refugee status, She publicly declared herself a lesbian and could not return to her country, This sexual orientation was forbidden and repressed, considered a crime. Meanwhile, before winning a medal in Paris, the first medal for the Refugee Corps in history, he enrolled at the University of Bolton. He studied criminology and wanted to become a detective. However, the first case was solved.