Franck Elemba
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Born | July 21, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 kg (290 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Republic of the Congo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Shot put | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Franck Dannique Elemba Owaka (born 21 July 1990[1]) is an athlete from the Republic of the Congo competing in the shot put.[2] He represented his country at the 2014 World Indoor Championships and 2015 World Championships, as well as team Africa at the 2010 and 2014 Continental Cup.
He was born in Brazzaville, and represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he was placed 4th in the shot put with a throw of 21.20 metres.[3] He was the flag bearer for the Republic of Congo during the Parade of Nations.[4]
He has personal bests of 21.20 metres outdoors (Rio de Janeiro 2016) and 20.53 metres indoors (Karlsruhe 2016). Both results are current national records.
Earlier in his career he competed in judo, before turning to athletics in 2006.[1]
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the Republic of the Congo | |||||
2009 | African Junior Championships | Bambous, Mauritius | 4th | Shot put | 14.93 m |
5th | Discus throw | 36.23 m | |||
Jeux de la Francophonie | Beirut, Lebanon | 7th | Shot put | 15.09 m | |
9th | Discus throw | 40.95 m | |||
2010 | African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 4th | Shot put | 15.90 m |
12th | Discus throw | 38.56 m | |||
Continental Cup | Split, Croatia | 8th | Shot put | 15.83 m[5] | |
2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 18th (q) | Shot put | 15.71 m |
All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 5th | Shot put | 16.44 m | |
2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 5th | Shot put | 16.23 m |
2013 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Nice, France | 5th | Shot put | 18.68 m |
2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 18th (q) | Shot put | 17.74 m |
African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 3rd | Shot put | 18.74 m | |
Continental Cup | Marrakech, Morocco | 7th | Shot put | 19.72 m[5] | |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 21st (q) | Shot put | 19.40 m |
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 1st | Shot put | 20.25 m | |
3rd | Discus throw | 50.30 m | |||
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 17th | Shot put | 19.34 m |
African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 2nd | Shot put | 19.89 m | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 4th | Shot put | 21.20 m |
2017 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 1st | Shot put | 19.99 m |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 24th (q) | Shot put | 19.74 m | |
2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 6th | Shot put | 19.17 m |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 29th (q) | Shot put | 19.76 m |
References[]
- ^ a b Franck Elemba : Le gladiateur venu de la rivière Congo (in French)
- ^ Franck Elemba at World Athletics
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ a b Representing Africa
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Republic of the Congo shot putters
- Male shot putters
- Republic of the Congo male athletes
- Sportspeople from Brazzaville
- World Athletics Championships athletes for the Republic of the Congo
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Republic of the Congo
- African Games gold medalists for the Republic of the Congo
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games bronze medalists for the Republic of the Congo
- Central African athletics biography stubs
- Republic of the Congo sportspeople stubs