Franck Elemba
Franck Dann Elemba Owaka (born 21 July 1990 in Brazzaville[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, as well as Africa at the 2010 Continental Cup.
He has personal bests of 19.72 metres outdoors (Marrakech 2014) and 17.74 metres indoors (Sopot 2014). 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[3] | |
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[3] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Franck Elemba : Le gladiateur venu de la rivière Congo (in French)
- ↑ Franck Elemba profile at IAAF
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Representing Africa