Patrícia Mbengani Bravo Mamona (born 21 November 1988) is a Portuguese

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er of Angolan descent. She won the gold medal at the

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, Netherlands. This was her first-ever major senior title and second European Championships medal, after a silver at the 2012 championships. In 2021, she won the gold medal at the

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, Poland after recovering for 4 weeks from COVID-19. At the

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, she won the silver medal with a national record of 15.01 m. At club level, she represents

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. Mamona attended

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and won two

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Championships in women's triple jump (2010, 2011).

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* * * 1988 births Living people Portuguese female triple jumpers Portuguese female long jumpers Athletes from Lisbon Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Portugal European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Portugal Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Portuguese sportspeople of Angolan descent Black Portuguese sportspeople FISU World University Games silver medalists for Portugal Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Mediterranean Games competitors for Portugal European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Portugal Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Clemson Tigers women's track and field athletes Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{Portugal-athletics-bio-stub