Yemisi Ogunleye (born 3 October 1998) is a German

shot putter The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival (1896), and women's competition beg ...

. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the

2024 Paris Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

with 20.00 metres in the last round.

Early life

Ogunleye was born in

Germersheim Germersheim () is a town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, of around 20,000 inhabitants. It is also the seat of the Germersheim (district), Germersheim district. The neighboring towns and cities are Speyer, Landau, Philippsburg, Karlsru ...

, Germany and grew up in the village of

Bellheim Bellheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated west of the Rhine, approximately east of Landau and northwest of the city of Karlsruhe. It is home to the Bellheimer Brauerei ...

. She has a German mother and a Yoruba Nigerian father.

Career

Ogunleye trains with the club MTG Mannheim in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

, Germany. She finished 10th at the

2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships (), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre (Budapest), National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. The tourna ...

. At the

2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships The 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships was the 19th edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the World Athletics. The event was held between 1–3 March at the Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velod ...

, Ogunleye led the field after the first throw, and despite only throwing one more valid attempt she won the silver medal.

Personal life

Ogunleye is a

gospel singer Gospel music is a traditional genre of Christian music and a cornerstone of Christian media. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music vary according to culture and social context. Gospel music is compos ...

Statistics

Personal best progression

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ogunleye, Yemisi Living people 1998 births German people of Nigerian descent 21st-century German sportswomen German female shot putters German gospel singers World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists MTG Mannheim athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic athletes for Germany