Natacha Ngoye Akamabi

Natacha Ngoye Akamabi

Personal information
Born	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 32) Pointe-Noire, Congo
Height	150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 m, 200 m, 400 m
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Republic of the Congo African Games 2023 Accra 200 m

Natacha Ngoye Akamabi (born 15 August 1993 in Pointe-Noire) is a sprinter from the Republic of the Congo. ^{[1] [2]} She won two gold medals at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie. She also represented her country in the 400 metres at the 2012 World Indoor Championships without advancing from the first round.

She qualified to represent Congo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. ^[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the   Republic of the Congo
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	21st (h)	200 m	25.76
			28th (h)	400 m	62.01
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	16th (sf)	200 m	60.40
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	23rd (h)	400 m	58.21
	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	14th (sf)	200 m	24.59
2013	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	14th (h)	400 m	57.11
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	10th (sf)	200 m	24.06
			16th (h)	400 m	55.40
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	5th	200 m	23.61
			17th (h)	400 m	54.91
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:49.46
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	20th (sf)	200 m	24.54 1
2017	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	1st	100 m	11.56
			1st	200 m	23.69
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	46.29
2018	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	7th (sf)	100 m	11.97
			6th	200 m	23.63
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	5th	100 m	11.54
			5th	200 m	23.44
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	–	200 m	DQ
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	42nd (h)	100 m	11.52
2022	African Championships	Port Louis, Mauritius	19th (h)	100 m	11.96 1
			8th	200 m	24.45
2023	Jeux de la Francophonie	Kinshasa, DR Congo	3rd	100 m	11.44
			2nd (h)	200 m	23.01 2
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	45.49
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	43rd (h)	100 m	11.60
2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	6th	100 m	11.66
			3rd	200 m	23.42
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	41st (h)	100 m	11.36
2025	World Indoor Championships	Nanjing, China	38th (h)	60 m	7.59
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	52nd (h)	100 m	11.88

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

²Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests

^[4]

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.22 (+0.5 m/s, Kinshasa 2023)
• 200 metres – 23.01 (-0.2 m/s, Kinshasa 2023)
• 400 metres – 54.31 (Porto Novo 2012)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 58.21 (Istanbul 2012)

References

1. "Natacha NGOYE". World Athletics.
2. "NGOYE AKAMABI Natacha". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
3. "Franck Elemba ne représentera pas le Congo au JO 2021" [Franck Elemba will not represent Congo at the 2021 Olympics]. Vox Congo (in French). 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021. Ainsi, la délégation des trois athlètes congolais sera conduite à l'ouverture des JO et à la fermeture par Natacha Ngoye Akamabi, désignée par le CNOSC comme porte-étendard du Congo lors de cette compétition olympique [Thus, the delegation of three Congolese athletes will be led to the opening of the Olympic Games and to the closing by Natacha Ngoye Akamabi, designated by the CNOSC as standard-bearer of Congo during this Olympic competition]
4. "Natacha NGOYE AKAMABI". All-Athletics.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

External links

• Natacha Ngoye at World Athletics
• Natacha Ngoye Akamabi at Olympics.com
• Natacha Ngoye Akamabi at Olympedia
• Natacha Ngoye Akamabi at InterSportStats
• Natacha Ngoye Akamabi at the Rabat 2019 African Games (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Franck Elemba	Flag bearer for   Republic of the Congo 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris with Freddy Mayala	Succeeded by Incumbent