Carine Ngarlemdana (born 13 November 1994) is a

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

ian

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ka. She competed at the

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in the Women's -70 kg event. She was the flag bearer for Chad at the

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Early life

Carine Ngarlemdana was born in

N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Chad, largest city of Chad. It is also a Provinces of Chad, special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements'', similar to the city of Paris. Originally calle ...

, on 13 November 1994. She was the youngest of four children, and went on to attend Heredity High School in the city. Her father was a physical education teacher, and began to coach Ngarlemdana as she took up

from the age of five.

Judo career

At the age of 12, she won a bronze medal at a national competition held in N'Djamena. She began to prepare for the

in London, United Kingdom, by travelling to the International Center of African Judo in

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, Algeria, to train from March 2011 onwards for the following 20 months on a scholarship. She was one of three members named to the Chadian team, alongside

Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert (born 15 September 1992) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Chad.

and Haroun Abderrahim. However, Abderrahim did not make the team eventually, meaning that Ngarlemdana formed half of the team representing Chad, which was one of only two all female teams at the 2012 Games. Ngarlemdana was selected to be the flag bearer at the Parade of Nations at the

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. She competed in the Women's -70 kg tournament at the Games, facing

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judoka Sally Conway in the first round. Ngarlemdana lost the bout by an

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score after being hit with a wazaari by Conway. Ngarlemna was the winner of a club level international tournament held in

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, Paris, France in 2016. This was after having moved to Paris for six months.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngarlemdana, Carine 1994 births Living people Chadian female judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Chad Sportspeople from N'Djamena