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Boxer Cindy Ngamba said she was “just human like any other refugee” after making history by guaranteeing the Refugee Olympic Team a first Games medal.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 25-year-old beat sixth-seeded Frenchwoman Davina Michel by unanimous decision on Sunday to reach the women’s 75kg semi-finals.<\/p>\n
With both losing semi-finalists awarded bronze, the Cameroon-born fighter is assured of a medal at Paris 2024.<\/p>\n
Ngamba moved to the UK aged 10, but cannot compete for Team GB because she does not have a British passport.<\/p>\n
“It means the world to me to be the first ever refugee to win a medal,” she said. “I’m just a human, just like any other refugee and athlete all around the world.”<\/p>\n
The Refugee Olympic Team first competed at Rio in 2016, but prior to this Games the team’s best results were two fifth-placed finishes in Tokyo through Hamoon Derafshipour in karate and Kimia Alizadeh in taekwondo.<\/p>\n
Ngamba, who was the team’s flagbearer at the opening ceremony in Paris, next faces Atheyna Bylon of Panama on Thursday.<\/p>\n
She added: “Hopefully in the next one, I will also get the job done. No, not hopefully. I will get it done.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n