Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang

Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang (born 3 August 1990) is a Cameroon-born 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 medallist at both the African Games and the African Championships in Athletics.

Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang
Personal information
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990
Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Shot put, discus throw
Coached byPaulo Reis (since 2017)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Cameroon
African Games
2011 MaputoShot put
2015 BrazzavilleShot put
African Championships
2014 MarrakechShot put
2016 DurbanShot put
2012 Porto NovoShot put
Updated on 21 October 2016.

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.[2]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cameroon
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

National titles

See also

References
  1. 2014 CWG profile
  2. Transfers of allegiance - Decisions of the World Athletics Nationality Review Panel in 2020 (as of 8 May 2020). World Athletics (2020-05-08). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
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