Cindy Ngamba

Cindy Ngamba (born 7 September 1998) is a British-Cameroonian amateur boxer who competed for the EOC Refugee Team at the 2023 European Games, and has qualified to compete for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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 studied criminology at the University of Bolton.

In 2019, Ngamba and her brother were detained whilst attending an immigration office in Bolton, and sent to a detention centre in London. They were released the following day. Aged 18, Ngamba came out; as such, she does not want to return to Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal.

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 for the EOC Refugee Team at the 2023 European Games. 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. On 2 May 2024, Ngamba was officially named in the Refugee Olympic Team making her the first boxer to be selected for the team.