Mickaël Conjungo
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Mickaël Glenn Conjungo Taumhas (born 6 May 1969 in
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) is a
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discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...
er. He formerly represented his birth country of the
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.


Career

On the regional African level he won a gold medal at the 1993 African Championships, silver medals at the
1995 All-Africa Games The 6th All-Africa Games, also known as Harare 1995, were played from 13 to 23 September 1995 in Harare, Zimbabwe. 46 countries participated in eighteen sports. South Africa, having previously been banned from competition by the other African ...
and the 2000 African Championships and bronze medals at the 1998 African Championships and
1999 All-Africa Games The 7th All-Africa Games (; ), also known as Johannesburg 1999 (), was a sport event held from 10 to 19 September 1999, in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. 53 countries participated in eighteen sports. Netball was included as a demonstrati ...
. He also won silver at the
1994 Jeux de la Francophonie The 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''IIes Jeux de la Francophonie'', (French language, French for ''Francophone Games'') were held in Paris/Évry, Essonne, Évry-Bondoufle, France from July 5–13, 1994. Sports Medals & Participa ...
and bronze at the
1997 Jeux de la Francophonie The 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''IIIes Jeux de la Francophonie'', (French language, French for ''Francophone Games'') were held in Antananarivo, Madagascar from August 27 to September 6, 1997. Events Sports Cultural Medals a ...
. He competed at the Summer Olympics in
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
,
1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
and
2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
and the World Championships in
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
,
1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
,
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
,
1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...
and
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
without reaching the finals. His personal best throw is 63.78 metres, achieved in July 1994 in
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. This is the current national record for the Central African Republic. For this country he holds the national record in all throwing events, and even
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. His sister, Maria-Joëlle Conjungo, is also a national record holder.


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All-Africa Games
- GBR Athletics

- GBR Athletics

- GBR Athletics 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Bangui French male discus throwers Central African Republic discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Central African Republic World Athletics Championships athletes for the Central African Republic Central African Republic emigrants to France Central African Republic male athletes African Games silver medalists for the Central African Republic African Games bronze medalists for the Central African Republic Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games French Athletics Championships winners People from Bangui 20th-century French sportsmen African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{France-discus-bio-stub