Mboma Wins BBC African Sports Personality Of The Year Award

Mboma took the accolade after becoming the first Namibian woman to ever win an Olympic medal

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Christine Mboma hopes to win more medals and inspire others across the continent after finally getting her hands on the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year award for 2021.

The 18-year-old was presented with the trophy, which she won in January following a public vote, ahead of the Kip Keino Classic meeting in Nairobi at the weekend.

Mboma took the accolade after becoming the first Namibian woman to ever win an Olympic medal when taking silver in a star-studded 200m final in Tokyo last year.

“This award motivates me to continue [from] where I stopped last year, to put in more hard work to continue doing the best,” she told BBC Sport Africa. Read more.

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