Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba | |
Citizenship: | French |
Birth Date: | 24 June 2000 |
Birth Place: | Juvisy-sur-Orge, France |
Country: | France |
Club: | Roannais Athletic Club |
Regionals: | 2021 |
Nationals: | 2020, 2022 (outdoor) 2022, 2023 (indoor) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba (born 24 June 2000) is a French discus thrower and shot putter, who has won multiple national championships. She came third in the discus throw events at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships and the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships. She also won multiple medals in under-23 events at the 2021 European Throwing Cup.
Ngandu-Ntumba started her athletics career at . She now trains at the Roannais Athletic Club (CAR).[1] At the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships, Ngandu-Ntumba finished third in the discus throw, and qualified for the final of the shot put.[2]
At the 2020 French Athletics Championships, Ngandu-Ntumba won the senior shot put event and the junior discus throw event. She was third in the senior discus throw event.[3] At the 2021 European Throwing Cup, Ngandu-Ntumba came second in the under-23s discus event,[4] and third in the under-23s shot put competition.[5] She finished third in the discus throw event at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships;[6] at the time, she was the third ranked French discus thrower, with a personal best of 56m (184feet) with a 1kg (02lb) discus.[7]
In 2022, Ngandu-Ntumba both won the French indoor[8] and outdoor national shot put titles again,[9] and that year, she competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships.[1] She won the French indoor discus throw competition at the 2023 French Indoor Athletics Championships.[10]
Ngandu-Ntumba was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France, and grew up in Saint-Étienne.[11] As a youngster, she participated in swimming and basketball.[11] Aside from athletics, she has studied for an international business degree.[1]