UNHCR celebrates Olympics with largest refugee team ever / Notizie / Comunicazione / Cinformi

20/08/2024

First bronze medal in boxing to Cindy Winner athlete Djankeu Ngamba

With 37 athletes competing in 12 different sports, this was the largest refugee team since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) initiated the first Refugee Team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. These athletes, representing 120 million displaced people around the world, demonstrated their talent, strength and great determination on the world stage, bringing attention to the plight of refugees and their great potential.
The Refugee Olympic Team (l'Équipe Olympique des Réfugiés, EOR) in Paris consisted of 37 athletes, hosted by 15 National Olympic Committees-Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.  Participants competed in 12 sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, breaking, canoeing, cycling, judo, shooting, swimming, taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling.
The highlight of the Games was the historic bronze medal won by Cindy Ngamba in boxing. Ngamba's victory was marked by proudly displaying the Refugee Olympic Team logo on her uniform.
UNHCR believes in the power of sport to transform the lives of people forced to flee; working with a range of local, national, and international organizations to increasingly enable refugee access to sports and recreational activities. A work with sport, government, private sector, humanitarian, civil society and other partners around the world to ensure that refugees can benefit from sport.

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