PARIS 2024 boxing bronze medallist, Cindy Ngamba, has won the “Sport Award” at the 2024 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards, powered by Jaguar.
The Bolton boxer, who trains with the GB Boxing Olympic squad in Sheffield and represented the IOC Refugee team in Paris, accepted her award at this week’s star-studded Awards ceremony at the Roundhouse in London.
The award was presented to Cindy by fellow Olympic medallist, Dame Kelly Holmes, who won two golds at the 2004 Games in Athens.
Other winners on the night, which is the biggest LGBTQ+ event in the UK awards calendar, included: Sir Elton John, Lulu, Vanessa Williams and Baby Reindeer star, Jessica Gunning.
Cindy received the award in recognition of her incredible achievement in becoming the first person in history to win a medal for the Refugee team at the Olympic Games and her status as an inspirational figure within the LGBTQ+ community.
Cindy Ngamba said: “It is an honour to have won, for myself, for the Refugee Team and for the LGBTQ+ community. I hope that my achievement of winning an Olympic medal, despite the fact that I have overcome so much adversity in my life, can help to inspire other people and show that if you commit to something, work hard and show determination you can achieve great things.
“I would like to thank Attitude for the award and everyone that has helped me along the away, especially my family and friends, my boxing clubs coaches and all of the people at both GB Boxing and the Refugee team that have believed in me and supported me in life and in my sporting career.”
Further details of the evening, Cindy’s award and her inspirational story can be viewed HERE and HERE.
