Yemisi Ogunleye (born 3 October 1998) is a German shot putter. She won the silver medal at the 2024 World Indoor Championships with a personal best in the first round.
 Ogunleye at the 2022 German Indoor Athletics Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1998 (25 years, 215 days old)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MTG Mannheim[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | SP: 20.19m (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 20 February 2024. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Career edit
Ogunleye finished 10th at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. At the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Ogunleye led the field after the first throw, and despite only throwing one more valid attempt she won the silver medal.[2]
Personal life edit
Ogunleye was born to a German mother and a Nigerian father and trains with the MTG Mannheim club in Germany.[1][3] She is also a gospel singer.[2]
Statistics edit
Personal best progression edit
| # | Mark | Pl. | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref. |
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| 1 | 12.50 m | 13th | German U20 Indoor Championships | Sindelfingen, Germany | 15 Feb 2014 | [4] |
| 2 | 13.23 m |  |
Coupe de L'amitié | Sarreguemines, France | 28 May 2014 | [5] |
| 3 | 13.73 m | |
Nationales Hallensportfest der LG Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany | 9 Jan 2016 | [6] |
| 4 | 13.81 m |  |
Baden-Württembergische Hallenmeisterschaften | Karlsruhe, Germany | 22 Jan 2016 | [7] |
| 5 | 14.08 m | 4th | Süddeutsche Hallenmeisterschaften, Glaspalast | Sindelfingen, Germany | 29 Jan 2016 | [8] |
| 6 | 14.34 m |  |
Mannheim, Germany | 28 Jan 2017 | [9] | |
| 7 | 14.77 m | |
Mannheim, Germany | 10 Feb 2017 | [10] | |
| 8 | 15.23 m | |
German U20 Indoor Championships | Sindelfingen, Germany | 25 Feb 2017 | [11] |
| 9 | 15.43 m | |
France-Germany-Italy U20 Indoor Match | Halle, Germany | 3 Mar 2017 | [12] |
| 10 | 15.65 m | |
Mannheim, Germany | 21 Apr 2017 | [13] | |
| 11 | 16.04 m | |
Heilbronn, Germany | 27 May 2017 | [14] | |
| 12 | 16.50 m | 6th | Hallesche Werfertage, Sportzentrum Brandberge | Halle, Germany | 25 May 2018 | [15] |
| 13 | 16.63 m | |
Süddeutsche Meisterschaften Aktive / U18 | St. Wendel, Germany | 29 Jun 2019 | [16] |
| 14 | 17.06 m | |
Abendsportfest | Mannheim, Germany | 3 Jul 2019 | [17] |
| 15 | 17.34 m | |
MTG Wurfmeeting | Mannheim, Germany | 14 Jul 2020 | [18] |
| 16 | 17.36 m | |
Wurf-Gala U23 | Halle, Germany | 14 Aug 2020 | [19] |
| 17 | 17.65 m | |
Renault Schmid Werfertag 2021 Teil 2 | Bad Boll, Germany | 8 May 2021 | [20] |
| 18 | 18.13 m | |
German Athletics Championships | Braunschweig, Germany | 4 Jun 2021 | [21] |
| 19 | 18.14 m | |
LO Kugelstoßen im Kurpark Bad Liebenzell | Bad Liebenzell, Germany | 12 Jul 2022 | [22] |
| 20 | 19.44 m | (Qualification) |
World Athletics Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 25 Aug 2023 | [23] |
| 21 | 19.57 m | |
Nordhausen-Indoor Kugelstoßen | Nordhausen, Germany | 27 Jan 2024 | [24] |
| 22 | 20.19 m | |
World Athletics Indoor Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 Mar 2024 |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Yemisi Ogunleye at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ a b "Mitton wins Glasgow's first gold with shot put triumph | News | Glasgow 24 | World Athletics Indoor Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ Sport, S. W. R. (6 December 2023). "Yemisi Ogunleye: Vom Mobbing-Opfer zur starken Persönlichkeit". swr.online (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Yemisi Ogunleye at World Athletics
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