Eva Ngui
Personal information
Full nameEva Ngui Nchama
NationalitySpanish
Born (1985-06-09) 9 June 1985
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Sport
Country Spain
SportTrack and field
Disability classT12
Medal record
Women's paralympic athletics
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 100 m T12
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 200 m T12
IPC World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Christchurch 100 m T12

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

Personal

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]

Athletics

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]

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[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]

References

  1. ↑ "Paralimpiadas – Deportista: Eva Ngui Nchama". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Rivera, Almudena (9 September 2008). "X-Eva Ngui". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cuatro hospitalenses en los Juegos Paralímpicos de Londres" (in Spanish). Spain: Elperiodico.com. 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "David Casinos, Eva Ngui y Ruth Aguilar buscan el triunfo en el Campeonato de España de Atletismo Paralímpico" (in Spanish). Spain: el heraldo de alcala. 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Los medallistas paralímpicos españoles en Pekín lideran a la selección". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Bronce para España en relevos de discapacitados visuales durante el Mundial de Atletismo Paralímpico" (in Spanish). Spain: cronica social. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Atletismo.- El relevo masculino 4x100 logra el bronce en los Mundiales Paralímpicos" (in Spanish). Spain: Deportes Online. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Becas A Entrenadores Del Plan Adop 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Atletas ciegos preparan en Logroño su participación en Londres 2012 — Web de la ONCE" (in Spanish). Once.es. 16 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "eva ngui conquista dos medallas de bronce en la copa del mundo paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: elEconomista.es. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Atletas paralímpicos con discapacidad visual se entrenan en Logroño – Canal de Vídeos de" (in Spanish). Spain: Larioja.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "Eva Ngui ultima su preparación para los Juegos Paralímpicos en la Aviva Diamond League" (in Spanish). Spain: estoesdxt. 2012. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  14. ↑ "Federación Española De Deportes De Personas Con Discapacidad Física" (in Spanish). Spain: Feddf.es. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Antonio Andújar y José Martínez Morote competirán en Francia en el Mundial de Atletismo Paralímpico | El Pueblo de Albacete diario digital" (in Spanish). Spain: Elpueblodealbacete.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  16. ↑ "Eva Ngui is bronze in the 200m" (in Spanish). Spain: El Mundo. 16 September 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

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