1. Christine Mboma was born on 22 May 2003 and is a Namibian sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 m At the age of 18, she won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first ever Namibian woman to win a women's Olympic medal and breaking the world under-20 and African senior record.
Christine Mboma has joined the American-based international CLD Sports marketing and management agency.
Christine Mboma grew up in Shinyungwe, a village in the Kavango East region of Namibia, as the eldest of three daughters.
Christine Mboma's father abandoned her as a baby, and her mother, Patricia, died in 2016 while giving birth, leaving Christine to take care of her younger siblings.
Christine Mboma attended Shinyungwe Combined School and then Rocky Crest High School in 2017 and took up athletics.
In May 2019,16-year-old Christine Mboma won the 800 and 1500 metres events at the school's Cossasa Games in Manzini, Eswatini.
In November 2020, Christine Mboma won gold medals in the 800m and 1500m races at the Namibian Championships in Windhoek.
Christine Mboma set the Namibian senior and unofficial world under-20 record, breaking previous WU20R mark of 49.42, which was set in 1991 by Gritt Breuer.
Christine Mboma became the first Namibian woman ever to win an Olympic medal and the first Namibian medallist since 1996.
Christine Mboma won the Confederation of African Athletics African Female Hope Athlete award beating competition from Kenya's Jackline Chepkoech, and Nigeria's Tobi Amusan and Imaobong Uko.
Christine Mboma became a brand ambassador for Marathon Sugar in 2022.
Christine Mboma was one of the athletes whose cases were profiled in Phyllis Ellis's 2022 documentary film Category: Woman.