Johanna Benson
Johana Benson was born on 17 Feb 1990 in Walvisbay Namibia, at a very young age she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
Coming from an athletic family she always loved sports. At Kuisebmund Secondary school she took part in athletic games.
In 2006 she was noticed
by Tsire Tsauseb (Former President of the Namibian Sports for people with disabilities) at one of her races at school.
He advised her to take these sports up professionally.
Benson participated in the Commonwealth Games in Dehli in 2010, whereby she won a
bronze medal.
In the London Paralympic games in 2012 she won a T37 200m sprint gold medal, becoming the country’s, first ever woman to have won a gold medal.
It’s also believed to be the
African nation’s first gold medal at either an Olympic or Paralympic Games.
Johanna Benson was nominated for the Laures World Sports Person of the Year Award with Disabilities
Award in 2013.
In 2016 Benson was the Namibian flag bearer at the opening ceremony at Rio De Janeiro.
In 2010 and 2016 she was named Para Sportswomen of the year in Namibia.
OUR ADVISOR
I am Edna Awaras of Damara descent. I was born and raised in Namibia, finished my tertiary education through the Cambridge System. Went on a Working Holiday to England 2002-2004. I obtained a diploma in Holistic Massage Therapy from the City of Bristol College-Uk. For seven years I managed a successful film company in Namibia, that specialized in documentary film making. In August 2013 I moved to Austria and I have been living here since. In Namibia, most of my work is to facilitate on behalf of the film crews, as a facilitator, field producer, and production manager.
I met my wonderful friend Banza through our children who are going to the same school.
When Banza introduced me to Global New Generation (GNG), I was very intrigued by the website and how multinational it is. I met Sonja, the founder of GNG, at Banza’s birthday and later started being involved in GNG’s activities.
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