Manuela Montebrun (born 13 November 1979) is a retired, female

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er from

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. She is an Olympic bronze medallist and two-time World Championship bronze medallist.

Career

Born in

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, Montebrun won two back-to-back

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bronze medals in 2003 and 2005. She had finished fourth in the final of the 2005 World Championships, but was belatedly awarded the bronze medal in 2013 when the 2005 World Championships gold medallist

Olga Kuzenkova Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova (russian: Ольга Серге́евна Кузенкова; born 4 October 1970 in Smolensk) is a Russian track and field athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters. She has tested positive for ...

was stripped of her gold medal for doping. Montebrun's outdoor, personal best throw is 74.66 metres, achieved on 11 July 2005 in

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. Montebrun retired from athletics in June 2012. Originally fifth in the 2008 Olympic final, Montebrun was promoted to the bronze medal position in 2016, after the drugs disqualifications of

Aksana Miankova Aksana Miankova, also transliterated as Oksana Menkova, ( be, Аксана Мянькова, born 28 March 1982) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. Her personal best of 78.69 m ranks her as the third best woman of all-time. Career Miankova be ...

and Darya Pchelnik.

Results in international competitions

Note: Only the position and distance in the final are indicated, unless otherwise stated. If the athlete did not qualify for the final, the overall position and distance in the qualification round are indicated.

References

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1979 births Living people French female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic athletes of France People from Laval, Mayenne World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Sportspeople from Mayenne Universiade gold medalists for France Universiade bronze medalists for France Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite World Athletics Championships athletes for France Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games {{France-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub