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Yemisi Ogunleye (born 3 October 1998) is a German shot putter. She won the silver medal at the 2024 World Indoor Championships with a personal best in the first round.

Career

Ogunleye finished 10th at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. At the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Ogunleye led the field after the first throw, and despite only throwing one more valid attempt she won the silver medal.[2]

Personal life

Ogunleye was born to a German mother and a Nigerian father and trains with the MTG Mannheim club in Germany.[1][3] She is also a gospel singer.[2]

Statistics

Personal best progression

Shot Put progression
# Mark Pl. Competition Venue Date Ref.
1 12.50 m 13th German U20 Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, Germany 15 Feb 2014 [4]
2 13.23 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Coupe de L'amitié Sarreguemines, France 28 May 2014 [5]
3 13.73 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nationales Hallensportfest der LG Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany 9 Jan 2016 [6]
4 13.81 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Baden-Württembergische Hallenmeisterschaften Karlsruhe, Germany 22 Jan 2016 [7]
5 14.08 m 4th Süddeutsche Hallenmeisterschaften, Glaspalast Sindelfingen, Germany 29 Jan 2016 [8]
6 14.34 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mannheim, Germany 28 Jan 2017 [9]
7 14.77 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mannheim, Germany 10 Feb 2017 [10]
8 15.23 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) German U20 Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, Germany 25 Feb 2017 [11]
9 15.43 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) France-Germany-Italy U20 Indoor Match Halle, Germany 3 Mar 2017 [12]
10 15.65 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mannheim, Germany 21 Apr 2017 [13]
11 16.04 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heilbronn, Germany 27 May 2017 [14]
12 16.50 m 6th Hallesche Werfertage, Sportzentrum Brandberge Halle, Germany 25 May 2018 [15]
13 16.63 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Süddeutsche Meisterschaften Aktive / U18 St. Wendel, Germany 29 Jun 2019 [16]
14 17.06 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Abendsportfest Mannheim, Germany 3 Jul 2019 [17]
15 17.34 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) MTG Wurfmeeting Mannheim, Germany 14 Jul 2020 [18]
16 17.36 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wurf-Gala U23 Halle, Germany 14 Aug 2020 [19]
17 17.65 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Renault Schmid Werfertag 2021 Teil 2 Bad Boll, Germany 8 May 2021 [20]
18 18.13 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) German Athletics Championships Braunschweig, Germany 4 Jun 2021 [21]
19 18.14 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) LO Kugelstoßen im Kurpark Bad Liebenzell Bad Liebenzell, Germany 12 Jul 2022 [22]
20 19.44 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Qualification) World Athletics Championships Budapest, Hungary 25 Aug 2023 [23]
21 19.57 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Nordhausen-Indoor Kugelstoßen Nordhausen, Germany 27 Jan 2024 [24]
22 20.19 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 1 Mar 2024

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Yemisi Ogunleye at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ^ a b "Mitton wins Glasgow's first gold with shot put triumph | News | Glasgow 24 | World Athletics Indoor Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ Sport, S. W. R. (6 December 2023). "Yemisi Ogunleye: Vom Mobbing-Opfer zur starken Persönlichkeit". swr.online (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ Yemisi Ogunleye at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12851446". Tilastopaja.
  6. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12867073". Tilastopaja.
  7. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12867748". Tilastopaja.
  8. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12869433". Tilastopaja.
  9. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12885382". Tilastopaja.
  10. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12888779". Tilastopaja.
  11. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12889282". Tilastopaja.
  12. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12889589". Tilastopaja.
  13. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12892605". Tilastopaja.
  14. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12894394". Tilastopaja.
  15. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12907620". Tilastopaja.
  16. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12932512". Tilastopaja.
  17. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12932856". Tilastopaja.
  18. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12966870". Tilastopaja.
  19. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12969160". Tilastopaja.
  20. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12984348". Tilastopaja.
  21. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #12988100". Tilastopaja.
  22. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #13018688". Tilastopaja.
  23. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #13046619". Tilastopaja.
  24. ^ "Athletics recap for meeting #13053953". Tilastopaja.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemisi_Ogunleye