Odette Mistoul (married ''Kingbou''; born 22 February 1959) is a

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

ese former

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competed 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 ...

. She represented her country at the

1984 Los Angeles Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, placing 13th in the final. She was also her nation's Olympic flag bearer that year. She was the first woman to represent Gabon at the Olympics. She won the first three gold medals in women's shot put at the

African Championships in Athletics The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organised ...

from 1979 to 1984.African Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-07. She participated at the inaugural

1983 World Championships in Athletics The 1st 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Summary The overall med ...

and was a finalist at the

1979 IAAF World Cup The 2nd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on August 24–26, 1979, at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Overall resu ...

. In other competitions, she was twice winner at the Central African Athletics Championships and took bronze at the

1985 African Championships in Athletics The 1985 African Championships in Athletics were held in Cairo, Egypt between 15 and 18 August. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table See also *1985 in athletics (track and field) Notes External linksResults– GBR Athl ...

. Her personal bests of for the shot put and for the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

remain the Gabonese records for the disciplines. After retirement from

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

, she remained involved in the sport and stood as a candidate for the women's committee for the

International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

.IAAF Congress – ALL Election Results
IAAF (2007-08-22). Retrieved on 2016-08-07.

International competitions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mistoul, Odette Living people 1959 births Gabonese shot putters Gabonese female athletes Female shot putters Olympic athletes for Gabon Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Gabon Gabonese referees and umpires 21st-century Gabonese people