Francoise MBANGO-ETONE

Francoise Mbango-Etone - Cameroon - Olympic Triple Jump title retained in Beijing 2008.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 17 August 2008

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 14 April 1976
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Yaounde, Cameroon
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Cameroon
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Francoise MBANGO-ETONE - Cameroon - Olympic Triple Jump title retained in Beijing 2008.

Francoise Mbango Etone is pictured above during the final of the women's Triple Jump

at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Mbango Etone produced a terrific performance

to win gold with a seasons best jump of 15.39m, thus successfully defending the title

that she had won four years previously in Athens.

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Women's Triple Jump Final.

2008 Olympic Games.

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1. Francoise MBANGO ETONE   CAM   15.39m
2. Tatyana LEBEDEVA   RUS   15.32m
3. Hrysopiyi DEVETZI   GRE   15.23m
4. Olga RYPAKOVA   KAZ   15.11m
5. Yargelis SAVIGNE   CUB   15.05m
6. Marija SESTAK   SLO   15.03m
7. Viktoriya GUROVA   RUS   14.77m
8. Anna PYATYKH   RUS   14.73m

 

ANNUAL PROGRESS.

 

2012    14.27    +0.9    Angers    17 JUN
2011    14.03      0.0    Forbach    29 MAY
2009    13.83    +1.0    Réthimno    20 JUL
2008    15.39    +0.5    Beijing    17 AUG
2005    14.07      -0.1    Zürich    19 AUG
2004    15.30     +0.6    Athína    23 AUG
2003    15.05      -0.7    Paris Saint-Denis   26 AUG
2002    14.95     +1.1    Radés    06 AUG
2001    14.65     +1.1    Saint-Étienne    30 JUN
2000    14.18     +0.8    Sydney    11 SEP
1999    14.70     +0.5    Johannesburg    18 SEP
1998    13.95     +0.3    Kuala Lumpur    21 SEP