Julia Agawu (born 20 April 1991) is a Ghanaian discus thrower. She finished fourth at the 2014 African Championships, won the bronze medal at the

2015 African Games The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host aw ...

and finished fourth again at the 2016 African Championships. She also competed at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

without reaching the final; and 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 ...

event she finished seventh at the 2014 African Championships. Her personal best throw is 54.59 metres, achieved in May 2013 in

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. She has 14.91 metres in the shot put, achieved in April 2013 in Knoxville.

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1991 births Living people Ghanaian discus throwers Ghanaian shot putters Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games African Games bronze medalists for Ghana African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{ghana-athletics-bio-stub