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Namibian Christine Mboma wins BBC African Sports Personality of the Year 2021

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Namibian Christine Mboma [photo courtesy]

Christine Mboma is the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year for 2021, capping a year of unprecedented sporting success for the Namibian teenage sprinter.

Mboma became the first woman to win the accolade after a successful Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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