Boxer Cindy Ngamba made history on Sunday, becoming the first athlete to have clinched an Olympic medal. The 25-year-old originally from Cameroon offered hope for the Refugee Olympic team that was created to call attention to the plight of refugees across the world.

Ngamba’s victory at the Paris comes after a fierce bout with French boxer Davina Michel in the women’s 75-kilogram quarterfinals in front of a passionate French crowd.

Ngamba, who screamed and pumped her first by winning at least a bronze medal as she advanced to the semifinals Friday night. 

She will face Atheyna Bylon, who ensured that Panama would get its fourth-ever Olympic medal with her own win shortly after Ngamba’s fight.

"It means the world to me to be the first-ever refugee to win a medal," Ngamba told reporters. “I want to say to all the refugees around the world to keep on working hard, and believe in yourself.”

She was a flag bearer for the 37 athletes making up the biggest Refugee Olympics team since the idea was born ahead of the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. The International Olympic Committee created the team as a way for displaced athletes and migrants to participate fully in the Olympics without help from national federations.

Ngamba, who upset former world champion Tammara Thibeault of Canada in her first bout, also revealed, “I only listened to boos as I walked into the ring.” 

Simultaneously, Ngamba, after creating history added, “I see myself as just a human.” 

The success of Ngamba and other athletes of the refugee team comes at a time of record migration as 100 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced from their homes. The Refugee Olympic Team has nearly quadrupled in size since its debut.