Marine Camara
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| Nationality |  Malian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Marine Fatoumata Colette Camara 28 January 1995[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
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Marine Camara (born 28 January 1995) is a Malian boxer. She became the first woman representing Mali to win an African Games boxing medal when she claimed silver in the 57kg division at the 2019 edition.[2][3] Camara is also the first female Malian boxer to take part in an Olympic Games, having competed in the 57kg category at the 2024 Paris Games.[4] She lost in the first round to eventual bronze medalist, Esra Yıldız, from Turkey.[5][6] Camara was one of her country's flag-bearers at both the opening[7] and closing[8] ceremonies at the event.
References
- ^ "Marine Camara Olympics 2024". mykhel.com.
- ^ "Jeux africains/Boxe: Marine Fatoumata Camara, pour l'amour du Mali". RFI (in French).
- ^ "Marine Camara, la boxeuse qui veut mettre le Mali sur la carte". Slate (in French).
- ^ "JO 2024: Marine Camara, première boxeuse malienne de l'histoire à se qualifier pour les Jeux olympiques". RFI (in French).
- ^ "Marine Camara Éliminée en Boxe Poids Plume aux JO 2024". kibarusports.com (in French).
- ^ "Turkish boxer Esra Yildiz Kahraman secures Paris 2024 last 16 spot". Daily Sabah.
- ^ "Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 opening ceremony as Tom Daley and LeBron James take stage". The Independent.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics: The flagbearers at Sunday's Closing Ceremony". olympics.com.