Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba

Ngandu-Ntumba started her athletics career at Coquelicot 42 [fr]. 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 56 metres (184 ft) with a 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) 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]

In the 2024/25 season, Ngandu-Ntumba competed in college athletics for the Cincinnati Bearcats.^[11] She qualified for the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the shot put event after setting a school record of 16.85m in the qualification event.^[12] She also qualified for the discus event at the same championships.^[13]

Ngandu-Ntumba was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France, and grew up in Saint-Étienne.^[14] As a youngster, she participated in swimming and basketball.^[14] Aside from athletics, she has studied for an international business degree.^[1]