Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou

Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou announced himself on the biggest possible stage, taking bronze in the men's 90 kg and gold in the mixed team event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, on home soil no less. To carry that pressure in your early twenties, in front of a French crowd desperate for medals, says a lot about his temperament. At 189 cm he has the frame to dominate his weight class, and what excites me is that this feels like a prologue rather than a peak. I'll be watching closely to see how far he climbs by Los Angeles; my instinct says the best is still ahead of him.

Name (English)

Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou

Name (Japanese)

マクシム＝ガエル・ンガヤ＝アムブ

Reading

まくしむ＝がえる・んがや＝あむぶ

Born

June 22, 2001 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Height

189 cm

Occupation

judoka

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/max_ngp/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A0%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A4%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%96

Tags

• Hauts-de-Seine
• judoka

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.