Dedeline Mibamba Kimbata

Dedeline Mibamba Kimbata (born 5 February 1982) is a Congolese Paralympic track and field athlete.

Personal life Kimbata was born on 5 February 1982. She was born to a poor family living in Kinshasa, the capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

At the age of 18 she stepped on a landmine whilst crossing the border between the DRC and Angola. As a result, she lost her legs and had to stay in hospital for two years before being provided with prosthetic limbs by the Red Cross.

Athletics Kimbata had played basketball as a teenager and in 2011 decided to take up sport again. With the assistance of religious charities she began wheelchair racing at the Acoshi athletics club. She competes in the T54 Paralympic classification. In the 100 metres she finished seventh in her heat, in a season's best time of 23.08 seconds, but failed to qualify for the final.