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Full name | Eva Ngui Nchama | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | 9 June 1985||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eva Ngui Nchama [1] (born 9 June 1985) is a Paralympian athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 sprint events. She has competed at three Paralympic Games, 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, and earned a pair bronze medals, both coming at the 2008 Games
Ngui was born in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. [2] She has albinism, a condition she has had since birth. [3] She moved to Spain in 2003, where she lived in Hospitalet de Llobregat and continued to reside there in 2008. [3]
Ngui is a Paralympian athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 sprint events, [2] who started competing in track and field in 2001. [3] She is a member of ISS L'Hospitalet Atletisme, an athletic club in L'Hospitalet. [4]
Around 2008, Ngui spent a year training at the High Performance Centre in Madrid. [3] At that time, she was coached by Manuel Pascua Piqueras. [3] She competed in the 2011 Spanish national championships in Vizcaya. [5] She qualified for and competed in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships where she was one of thirty-two competitors representing Spain. [6] Competing at the actual event, she won a bronze medal in the T12 100 meter event. [7] [8]
In 2012, Ngui was a recipient of a Plan ADO €18,000 athlete scholarship with a €3,000 reserve and a €2,500 coaching scholarship. [9] [10] In May 2012, she competed at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, earning a third-place finish in the 100 meters and another in the 200 meters. [11] Prior to the start of the London Games, she trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño. [12] In the lead up to the London Paralympics, in July 2012, she competed in a Diamond League race at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London. [13] In May 2013, she competed in the Spanish national championships, where she earned gold medals in the 100 and 200 meter events. [14] In July 2013, she participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. [15]
Ngui competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she went out in the semi-finals of the women's 100 metres — T12 event [2] She also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's 100 metres — T12 event and a bronze medal in the women's 200 metres — T12 event. [2] Her 200-meter bronze medal came after the Spanish delegation complained that the Angolan runner Evalina Alexandre who finished ahead of her had been assisted by her guide in a way that violated the rules. Upon review, race officials agreed and then award Ngui bronze. [16] She raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and was the 14th runner to finish. [2]
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