Franck Elemba
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Franck Elemba Birth date 21 July 1990 (age 36) Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Weight 130 kg (290 lb) Sport Athletics Event Shot put
Franck Dannique Elemba Owaka (born 21 July 1990[1] Republic of the Congo athlete competing in the shot put .[2] 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.[3] Parade of Nations .[4]
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 , Mauritius4th Shot put 14.93 m 5th Discus throw 36.23 m Jeux de la Francophonie Beirut , Lebanon7th Shot put 15.09 m 9th Discus throw 40.95 m 2010 African Championships Nairobi , Kenya4th Shot put 15.90 m 12th Discus throw 38.56 m Continental Cup Split , Croatia8th Shot put 15.83 m [a] 2011 Universiade Shenzhen , China18th (q) Shot put 15.71 m All-Africa Games Maputo , Mozambique5th Shot put 16.44 m 2012 African Championships Porto-Novo , Benin5th Shot put 16.23 m 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie Nice , France5th Shot put 18.68 m 2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot , Poland18th (q) Shot put 17.74 m African Championships Marrakesh , Morocco3rd Shot put 18.74 m Continental Cup Marrakesh , Morocco7th Shot put 19.72 m [a] 2015 World Championships Beijing , China21st (q) Shot put 19.40 m African Games Brazzaville , Republic of the Congo1st Shot put 20.25 m 3rd Discus throw 50.30 m 2016 World Indoor Championships Portland , United States17th Shot put 19.34 m African Championships Durban , South Africa2nd Shot put 19.89 m Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil4th Shot put 21.20 m 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie Abidjan , Ivory Coast1st Shot put 19.99 m World Championships London , United Kingdom24th (q) Shot put 19.74 m 2019 African Games Rabat , Morocco6th Shot put 19.17 m World Championships Doha , Qatar29th (q) Shot put 19.76 m
Notes
^ Representing Africa References
^ Franck Elemba : Le gladiateur venu de la rivière Congo (in French)^ ^ "Rio 2016" . Rio 2016 . Archived from the original on 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2016-08-22.^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony" . 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-22.