Auriol Sally Dongmo Mekemnang (born 3 August 1990) is a Cameroon-born Portuguese

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

and

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

. She represented Cameroon at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and the

World Athletics Championships The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

in 2015. At continental level, she was a two-time gold medalist at both the

African Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (AN ...

and the

African Championships in Athletics The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organised ...

. She holds a personal best of 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 . She represented her native Cameroon until 2017, transferring her eligibility to Portugal which became active in 2020.Transfers of allegiance - Decisions of the World Athletics Nationality Review Panel in 2020 (as of 8 May 2020)
World Athletics (8 May 2020). Retrieved 2020-05-30.

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Portuguese Outdoor Women's Athletics Championship The Portuguese Outdoor Women's Championship is the top division of women's team's in athletics. It is a competition organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo. The league consists of 8 teams that are selected after a playoff. Portuguese ...

**Shot put: 2019 * Portuguese Indoor Women's Athletics Championship **Shot put: 2019

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dongmo, Auriol 1990 births Living people People from Ngaoundéré Cameroonian female shot putters Portuguese female shot putters Cameroonian female discus throwers Portuguese female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Cameroon Olympic athletes for Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Cameroon Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Cameroon Cameroonian emigrants to Portugal Portuguese people of Cameroonian descent European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Athletics Indoor Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games European Games gold medalists for Portugal European Games medalists in athletics

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