Paris 2024 boxing: IOC refugee team's Cindy Ngamba, Australia's Caitlin Parker take women’s 75kg bronze

By Annie Fast
2 min|
Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba of IOC Refugee Olympic Team and Atheyna Bibeichi Bylon of Team Panama in 75kg boxing semi-final at Paris 2024
Picture by Richard Pelham/Getty Images
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IOC Refugee Olympic Team athlete Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba and Australia’s Caitlin Parker have earned bronze medals in women’s 75kg boxing on Thursday, 8 August at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Ngamba’s bronze medal marks a historic first Olympic medal for the Refugee Olympic Team since the team was formed in 2016. Ngamba took a round and one of the five judges' overall cards, but ultimately it was not enough for the boxer to make it into the gold-medal final with the match finishing in a 4-1 split-decision defeat to Panama's Atheyna Bibeichi Bylon.

Parker made history for Australia, earning her nation's first medal in women's boxing. She finished with bronze after a unanimous 5-0 defeat to the People’s Republic of China Li Qian.

“The game plan didn’t go as I wanted, but I’m proud of myself for making history for Australian boxing," said Parker.

And she's not done, the two-time Olympian added. “I didn’t make the Rio Olympics. I went to Tokyo. I’ve got a bronze here and I’m coming back for more," she said. "Dreams do come true and I’ll make them come true for the next one.”

Li and Bylon will meet in the gold-medal match on Saturday, 10 August.

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Ngamba's historic first refugee Olympic team medal

The Cameroon-born and UK-based Ngamba started off these Olympic Games as one of the two flagbearers for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team at the Opening Ceremony. With Thursday's bronze-medal finish, she makes history as the first refugee team athlete to secure an Olympic medal and is regarded as a hero to all those she has inspired on her journey.

Ngamba advanced over Canada’s Tammara Amanda Theibeault in the opening round of 16, winning 3-2; she then met up with the Frenchwoman Davina Michel in the quarter-finals, defeating her 5-0. Ngamba’s run came to an end against Panama’s Bylon in the semi-final match.

More to follow …

Boxing: women’s 75kg podium

Gold TBD
Silver TBD
Bronze Caitlin Parker (AUS)
Bronze Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba (EOR)