Auriol Dongmo
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Full name | Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Portuguese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ngaoundéré, Cameroon | 3 August 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic finals | 4th with 19.57 m (64 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | Shot put (outdoor): 19.75 m (64 ft 9+1⁄2 in) NR Shot put (indoor): 19.65 m (64 ft 5+1⁄2 in) NR Discus (outdoor): 47.00 m (154 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 21 October 2016. |
Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang[2] (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+1⁄4 in).
She represented her native Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020.[3]
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 1st | Shot put | 16.03 m |
5th | Discus throw | 40.34 m | |||
2012 | African Championships | Porto-Novo, Benin | 3rd | Shot put | 15.41 m |
2013 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Nice, France | 3rd | Shot put | 15.30 m |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 7th | Shot put | 16.50 m |
African Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 1st | Shot put | 16.84 m | |
8th | Discus throw | 41.35 m | |||
Continental Cup | Marrakesh, Morocco | 7th | Shot put | 15.77 | |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 20th (q) | Shot put | 16.85 m |
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 1st | Shot put | 17.21 m | |
5th | Discus throw | 45.14 m | |||
Military World Games | Mungyeong, South Korea | 3rd | Shot put | 17.64 | |
8th | Discus throw | 46.44 | |||
2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 1st | Shot put | 17.64 m |
7th | Discus throw | 47.00 m | |||
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12th | Shot put | 16.99 m | |
2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st | Shot put | 17.75 m |
Jeux de la Francophonie | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 1st | Shot put | 17.68 m | |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | – | Shot put | NM | |
Representing ![]() | |||||
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 1st | Shot put | 19.34 m |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | Shot put | 19.57 m |
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 Diamond League
- Auriol Dongmo at Olympics.com
- Auriol Dongmo at Olympedia
- Auriol Dongmo at the Commonwealth Games Federation
- Auriol Dongmo at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Categories:
- 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 of Cameroon
- Olympic athletes of 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