Emilia Mikue Ondo (born 20 December 1984) is an Equatoguinean middle distance runner. She set a personal best time of 2:15.72 for the 800 metres at the

2007 IAAF World Championships The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

in Osaka, Japan. She is also a two-time flag bearer for

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

(2004 and 2008) at the Olympic opening ceremonies. At age nineteen, Mikue Ondo made her official debut for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens, where she competed in the women's 800 metres. She finished seventh in the fourth heat of the event by sixteen seconds behind Kenya's

Faith Macharia Faith Macharia (born 9 February 1976, Nyeri, Kenya) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. In 2001, she set a new Kenyan record over 1000 metres (2:35.39), still valid in 2007. She trains with PACE Sports Managemen ...

, with her slowest possible time of 2:22.88. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, Mikue Ondo competed again for the second time in the women's 800 metres. She ran in the fourth heat, against six other athletes, including former Olympic champion

Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola ( ; born 27 October 1972) is a retired female track and field athlete from Mozambique who specialised in the 800 metres running event. She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Gam ...

of Mozambique. She finished the race in sixth place by twenty seconds behind Grenada's

Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas (born 21 January 1981) is a Grenadian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She also ran collegiately at Louisiana State University (LSU). Her personal best is 2:00.09 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Summ ...

, with a time of 2:20.69. Mikue Ondo, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall, and was ranked farther below three mandatory slots for the next round. She was eventually upgraded to a higher overall position when Croatia's Vanja Perišić had been disqualified for failing the doping test.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1984 births Equatoguinean female middle-distance runners Living people Olympic athletes for Equatorial Guinea Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics 21st-century Equatoguinean women 21st-century Equatoguinean people {{EquatorialGuinea-athletics-bio-stub