Franck Elemba Explained

Birth Date:	21 July 1990
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Shot put

Franck Dannique Elemba Owaka (born 21 July 1990^[1]) is an athlete from the Republic of the Congo competing in the shot put. 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.^[2] He was the flag bearer for the Republic of Congo during the Parade of Nations.^[3]

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

Representing the
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^[4]
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
2015		Beijing, China	21st (q)	Shot put	19.40 m
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Shot put	19.89 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	Shot put	21.20 m
2017	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	bgcolor=gold	1st	Shot put	19.99 m
		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

Notes and References

1. http://cameroonvoice.com/news/article-sport-332.html Franck Elemba : Le gladiateur venu de la rivière Congo
2. Web site: Rio 2016 . Rio 2016 . 2016-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160907033356/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athletics-standings-at-mens-shot-put . 2016-09-07 .
3. Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony. 2016-08-16. 2016-08-22.
4. Representing Africa