Maria-Joëlle Conjungo (born 14 July 1975 in

Bangui Bangui () (or Bangî in Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a French outpost in 1889 and named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi ...

) is a retired athlete from the

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who specialised in the

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. She competed at two consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 2000, without reaching the second round. Her personal bests of 13.51 (100 m hurdles) and 8.38 (60 m hurdles) are current

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. Her brother,

Mickaël Conjungo Mickaël Glenn Conjungo Taumhas (born 6 May 1969 in Bangui) is a French discus thrower. He formerly represented his birth country of the Central African Republic. Career On the regional African level he won a gold medal at the 1993 African Ch ...

, is also a national record holder.Maria-Joëlle Conjungo
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.

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* 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Bangui Central African Republic female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Central African Republic World Athletics Championships athletes for the Central African Republic Central African Republic emigrants to France Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games African Games competitors for the Central African Republic {{CentralAfricanRepublic-athletics-bio-stub