Eva Ngui

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Eva Ngui Nchama
Personal information
Nationality Spanish
Born (1985-06-09) June 9, 1985 (age 39)
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Sport
Country  Spain
Sport Track and field (T12)

Eva Ngui Nchama (born June 9, 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

Personal

Ngui was born on June 9, 1985 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.[1] She has albinism, a condition she has had since birth.[2] She moved to Spain in 2003, where she lived in Hospitalet de Llobregat and continued to reside there in 2008.[2]

Athletics

Ngui is a Paralympian athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 sprint events,[1] who started competing in track and field in 2001.[2] She is a member of ISS L'Hospitalet Atletisme, an athletic club in L'Hospitalet.[3]

Around 2008, Ngui spent a year training at the High Performance Centre in Madrid.[2] At that time, she was coached by Manuel Pascua Piqueras.[2] She competed in the 2011 Spanish national championships in Vizcaya.[4] She qualified for and competed in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships where she was one of thirty-two competitors representing Spain.[5] Competing at the actual event, she won a bronze medal in the T12 100 meter event.[6][7]

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.[8][9] 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.[10] Prior to the start of the London Games, she trained with several other visually impaired Spanish track and field athletes in Logroño.[11] 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.[12] In May 2013, she competed in the Spanish national championships, where she earned gold medals in the 100 and 200 meter events.[13] In July 2013, she participated in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.[14]

Paralympics

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[1] 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.[1] 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. [15] She raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and was the 14th runner to finish.[1]

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