Orazio Cremona Explained

Orazio Cremona
Birth Date:1 July 1989
Birth Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Height:1.91m (06.27feet)[1]
Weight:148kg (326lb) (2014)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Shot put
Education:Monash South Africa[2]
Coach:Dup de Preeze

Orazio Cremona (born 1 July 1989) is a South African athlete specialising in the shot put. He finished seventh at the 2014 World Indoor Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 21.12 metres outdoors (Potchefstroom 2017) and 20.49 metres indoors (Sopot 2014).

Competition record

Representing
2007African Junior ChampionshipsOuagadougou, Burkina Fasobgcolor=silver2ndShot put (6 kg)17.66 m
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland19th (q)Shot put (6 kg)18.28 m
2010African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya3rdShot put18.27 m
2012African ChampionshipsPorto Novo, Beninbgcolor=silver2ndShot put19.19 m
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia15th (q)Shot put19.42 m
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland7thShot put20.49 m
Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom4thShot put20.13 m
African ChampionshipsMarrakech, Moroccobgcolor=gold1stShot put19.84 m
2015Beijing, China27th (q)Shot put18.63 m
2016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa5thShot put19.15 m
2017London, United Kingdom23rd (q)Shot put19.81 m
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia6thShot put20.51 m
2019African GamesRabat, Morocco5thShot put20.06 m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar24th (q)Shot put19.98 m

Notes and References

  1. http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/athletics/1020855/o_cremona.html 2014 CWG profile
  2. https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6012576-orazio-cremona.htm 2018 CWG bio