NGUYEN Thi Tam

Cooking. (tuoitre, 06 Feb 2023)

Athlete

Vietnamese

Hanoi [Vietnam]

Nguyen Nhu Cuong [national, personal]

She tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her left knee during a bout at the 2023 South East Asian Games in Cambodia. (cand, 08 May 2023)

She began boxing in 2009 at Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam. (nhandan, 01 Mar 2018)

She wanted to take up athletics with the People's Police Sports Team in Vietnam, but the coaches said that she was not best suited to the sport. She was then encouraged to try boxing by a coach from her hometown of Thai Binh. "Beginning technical practice, I had to get used to resisting attacks, which caused me pain. Therefore, I intended to give up. Luckily, the coaches encouraged and helped me to overcome the fear." (nhandan, 01 Mar 2018; thethao.sggp, 30 Dec 2017)

To win a medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, and to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (tuoitre, 06 Feb 2023; vietnamplus, 22 Jan 2023)

Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko. (asbcnews, 08 Jul 2021)

Her parents. (tuoitre, 06 Feb 2023)

She was named the 2021 Typical Capital Woman of the Year by the Hanoi Women's Union in Vietnam. (hanoimoi, 04 Feb 2022)