Rising Star Amateur boxer in the Making:
Pregnant at 12 Years old - Determined to succeed in the Sport!
by Sue TL Fox
August 2, 2020
(AUGUST 2) Earlier today,
WBAN ran across an intriguing story about Christine Ongare,
an amateur boxer from Nairobi, Kenya. I am almost sure of
it that many have not heard of her, as this was the first time I
came across her story. Ongare was born on February 26,
1993, in Eastlands, Nairobi, Kenya.
So we wanted the boxing community
to meet Christine Ongare, of Kenya, who is 5-3-0 as an amateur
and who made the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as a flyweight
representing Kenya, with the misfortune
that the Olympics have been canceled this year due to Covid-19
Virus and the Pandemic is has caused worldwide.
In many various articles from the area of Kenya mainly, they
gave some nice coverage of Ongare and what she has done in
boxing thus far.
In 2020, when Ongare was
interviewed on the online media, she spoke about her beginnings
in boxing and the struggles she has gone through in the sport.
She said the following: Ongare was born to a single
mother, and she herself became a mother at the tender age of 12
years old. Ongare having to go through a very hard and
tough life throughout her years in Kenya, she doesn't like to
say much more about becoming pregnant at 12.
Ongare said that she did have the child and that her mother is
raising that child.
Ongare said that her mother struggled to pay bills and for her
school fees, and prior to boxing she got involved in sport that
included football, and acrobatics---but once she got a taste of
boxing, that was her love in life to pursue.
Before qualifying for the Olympics, she told the Olympic Channel
that sealing a place at the games would create opportunities for
her to excel. She feels that qualifying will open doors for her.
