Marine Camara

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Marine Camara
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Mali.svg Malian
BornMarine Fatoumata Colette Camara
(1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 30) [1]
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Featherweight
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
African Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Rabat 57kg

Marine Camara (born 28 January 1995) is an Malian boxer. She became the first woman representing Mali to win an African Games boxing medal when she claimed silver in the 57kg division at the 2019 edition. [2] [3] Camara is also the first female Malian boxer to take part in an Olympic Games, having competed in the 57kg category at the 2024 Paris Games. [4] She lost in the first round to eventual bronze medalist, Esra Yıldız, from Turkey. [5] [6] Camara was one of her country's flag-bearers at both the opening [7] and closing [8] ceremonies at the event.

References

  1. "Marine Camara Olympics 2024". mykhel.com.
  2. "Jeux africains/Boxe: Marine Fatoumata Camara, pour l'amour du Mali". RFI (in French).
  3. "Marine Camara, la boxeuse qui veut mettre le Mali sur la carte". Slate (in French).
  4. "JO 2024: Marine Camara, première boxeuse malienne de l'histoire à se qualifier pour les Jeux olympiques". RFI (in French).
  5. "Marine Camara Éliminée en Boxe Poids Plume aux JO 2024". kibarusports.com (in French).
  6. "Turkish boxer Esra Yildiz Kahraman secures Paris 2024 last 16 spot". Daily Sabah .
  7. "Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 opening ceremony as Tom Daley and LeBron James take stage". The Independent .
  8. "Paris 2024 Olympics: The flagbearers at Sunday's Closing Ceremony". olympics.com.