Ruby Malvina

Malvina grew-up in a single-parent household with her father; she did not meet her mother until she was 12 years old.

[1] In her first international competition she was a bronze medalist in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall in the under 53 kg category at the 2010 African Championships in Yaoundé.

[1] She was a silver medalist in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall at the 2011 African Championships in Cape Town in the under 58 kg category.

[2] In 2015, she was a awarded a gold medal at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Pune, India - but tested positive for traces of stanozolol - a dihydrotestosterone-derived synthetic anabolic steroid.

[6] She was awarded three bronze medals in the under 64 kg category at the 2023 African Championships in Tunis.