Ngamba, 25, became the first female boxer to qualify for the Refugee Olympic Team earlier this year. She lives in the UK and is well supported by the British Olympic Association and GB Boxing, training regularly with them at their training centre in Sheffield.
Eventually, she found a second family in the British boxing team and became a three-time English national champion. She then trained with the British team for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, supported by the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) and Olympic Solidarity through the Refugee Athlete Support Programme.
A symbol of hope for all displaced people
Ngamba’s victory is a historic achievement, an inspiration for refugee athletes and a powerful symbol of hope for all displaced people worldwide. The Refugee Olympic Team, which will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games for the third year in a row, is the largest yet and reflects the growing number of refugees worldwide. In Paris, the team represented more than 100 million displaced people worldwide.
The Refugee Olympic Team and the Refugee Athlete Support Programme enable elite athletes who would otherwise not have the opportunity to compete on the world’s greatest sporting stage: the Olympic Games.
ORF was founded in 2017 and builds on this commitment in line with Recommendation 11 of the Olympic Agenda 2020+5. In addition to supporting elite athletes to participate in the Olympic Games, ORF is committed to providing access to safe sport for people affected by displacement around the world through partnerships and its programs.
