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Full name | Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Portuguese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 34) Ngaoundéré, Cameroon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put, discus throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Paulo Reis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 4th with 19.57 m (64 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal bests | Shot put (outdoor): 19.75 m (64 ft 9+1⁄2 in) NR Shot put (indoor): 20.43 m (67 ft 1⁄4 in) NR Discus (outdoor): 47.00 m (154 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 21 October 2016 |
Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang (born 3 August 1990) is a Cameroon-born Portuguese track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. She represented Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the World Athletics Championships in 2015. At continental level, she was a two-time gold medalist at both the African Games and the African Championships in Athletics.
She holds a personal best of 19.53 m (64 ft 3⁄4 in) for the shot put, both indoors and outdoors. This is a Cameroonian record outdoors and an African record indoors. Her best in the discus is a more modest 47.00 m (154 ft 2 in).
She represented her native Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020.
Competition record
National titles
- Portuguese Outdoor Women's Athletics Championship
- Shot put: 2019
- Portuguese Indoor Women's Athletics Championship
- Shot put: 2019
See also
- List of African Games medalists in athletics (women)
- Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Cameroon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
References
- 2014 CWG profile
- Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
- Transfers of allegiance - Decisions of the World Athletics Nationality Review Panel in 2020 (as of 8 May 2020). World Athletics (8 May 2020). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
External links
- Auriol Dongmo at World Athletics
- Auriol Dongmo at European Athletics
- Auriol Dongmo at Diamond League
- Auriol Dongmo at Olympics.com
- Auriol Dongmo at Olympedia
World Indoor Champions in women's shot put | |
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African Games champions in women's shot put | |
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African Champions in women's shot put | |
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Ngaoundéré
- Cameroonian female shot putters
- Portuguese female shot putters
- Cameroonian female discus throwers
- Portuguese female discus throwers
- Olympic athletes for Cameroon
- Olympic athletes for Portugal
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games gold medalists for Cameroon
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Cameroon
- Cameroonian emigrants to Portugal
- Portuguese people of Cameroonian descent
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Portugal
- European Games medalists in athletics
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists
- Military World Games bronze medalists
- Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Diamond League winners