Auriol Dongmo

Personal information
Full name	Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 33) Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Shot put, discus throw
Club	Sporting CP
Coached by	Paulo Reis
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	4th with 19.57 m (64 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (2020)
Personal bests	Shot put (outdoor): 19.75 m (64 ft 9+1⁄2 in) NR Shot put (indoor): 20.43 m (67 ft 1⁄4 in) NR Discus (outdoor): 47.00 m (154 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Portugal World Indoor Championships 2022 Belgrade Shot put Diamond League Runner-up 2021 Shot put European Championships 2022 Munich Shot put European Indoor Championships 2021 Toruń Shot put 2023 Istanbul Shot put European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Shot put Representing  Cameroon African Games 2011 Maputo Shot put 2015 Brazzaville Shot put African Championships 2014 Marrakech Shot put 2016 Durban Shot put 2012 Porto Novo Shot put
Updated on 21 October 2016.

Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang^[2] (born 3 August 1990) is a Cameroon-born Portuguese track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. She represented Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the World Athletics Championships in 2015. At continental level, she was a two-time gold medalist at both the African Games and the African Championships in Athletics.

She holds a personal best of 19.53 m (64 ft 3⁄4 in) for the shot put, both indoors and outdoors. This is a Cameroonian record outdoors and an African record indoors. Her best in the discus is a more modest 47.00 m (154 ft 2 in).

She represented her native Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020.^[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
Representing  Cameroon
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	1st	Shot put	16.03 m
			5th	Discus throw	40.34 m
2012	African Championships	Porto-Novo, Benin	3rd	Shot put	15.41 m
2013	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	3rd	Shot put	15.30 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	7th	Shot put	16.50 m
	African Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	1st	Shot put	16.84 m
			8th	Discus throw	41.35 m
	Continental Cup	Marrakesh, Morocco	7th	Shot put	15.77
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	20th (q)	Shot put	16.85 m
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	Shot put	17.21 m
			5th	Discus throw	45.14 m
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	3rd	Shot put	17.64
			8th	Discus throw	46.44
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	1st	Shot put	17.64 m
			7th	Discus throw	47.00 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12th	Shot put	16.99 m
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	1st	Shot put	17.75 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	1st	Shot put	17.68 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	–	Shot put	NM
Representing  Portugal
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	1st	Shot put	19.34 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	4th	Shot put	19.57 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	Shot put	20.43 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	5th	Shot put	19.62 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	Shot put	19.82 m
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	1st	Shot put	19.76 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	Shot put	19.69 m

National titles

• Portuguese Outdoor Women's Athletics Championship
  • Shot put: 2019
• Portuguese Indoor Women's Athletics Championship
  • Shot put: 2019