Auriol Dongmo Explained

Full Name:	Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang
Nationality:	Portuguese
Birth Date:	3 August 1990
Birth Place:	Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
Height:	1.83m (06feet)^[1]
Weight:	98kg (216lb)
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	Shot put, discus throw
Club:	Sporting CP
Coach:	Paulo Reis
Pb:	Shot put (outdoor): NR Shot put (indoor): NR Discus (outdoor):
Show-Medals:	yes
Olympics:	4th with (2020)
Updated:	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 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 .

She represented her native Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020.^[3]

Competition record

Representing
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	1st	Shot put	17.75 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	bgcolor=gold	1st	Shot put	17.68 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	–	Shot put	NM
Representing
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	bgcolor=gold	1st	Shot put	19.34 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	4th	Shot put	19.57 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	bgcolor=gold	1st	Shot put	20.43 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	5th	Shot put	19.62 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Shot put	19.82 m
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	bgcolor=gold	1st	Shot put	19.76 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	Shot put	19.69 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

Notes and References

1. http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/powerlifting/1035063/auriol_dongmo_mekemnang.html 2014 CWG profile
2. https://www.publico.pt/toquio-2020/portugueses Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
3. https://www.worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=74dc658c-8c7c-4af3-9629-599261bf55ad.pdf&urlslug=Transfers%20of%20allegiance%20-%20Decisions%20of%20the%20World%20Athletics%20Nationality%20Review%20Panel%20in%202020%20(as%20of%208%20May%202020) Transfers of allegiance - Decisions of the World Athletics Nationality Review Panel in 2020 (as of 8 May 2020)