Ramla Ali
Ramla Ali | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Nationality | British / Somali |
| Occupation | Boxer |
Ramla Ali is a Somali boxer based in London. She won the 2015 Novice national championships and then the 2016 England Boxing Elite National Championship. [1] She moved to England from Somalia as a war refugee.[2] She started boxing as a teenager in an effort to lose weight. She has since helped set up Somalia's boxing federation in Mogadishu.[3] She won the elite ABA in 2016.[4]
References
- ^ "Meet Ramla Ali - The First British Female Muslim Boxing Champion". Huffingtonpost.com. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Somalian refugee finds success in the ring - CNN Video". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ Vasco Cotovio; Salma Abdelaziz. "The refugee boxer tearing down barriers". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "The Shortlist - The Muslim News". Muslimnews.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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