Bio

Christine Mboma (born 22 May 2003) is a Namibian athlete. At age 18, she set an unratified African senior and world under-20 record in the 400 metres, which made her the 7th fastest woman of all time at the event with the 12th fastest result ever. The mark was established at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in June 2021, while Mboma had previously twice broken a world U20 record in April 2021. Mboma won silver in the 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, becoming the first ever Namibian woman to win a womens Olympic medal. Prior to the games, World Athletics (WA) had announced that Mboma and fellow Namibian sprinter Beatrice Masilingi would not be allowed to compete under the female classification in events between 400 metres and one mile due to WA regulations on XY DSD athletes with naturally high testosterone levels.