Auriol Dongmo emerged as Women’s Shot Put World Champion in this year’s Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
The Cameroon-born athlete produced an outstanding performance against competitors like, Chase EALEY (USA), Jessica SCHILDER (Netherlands), Fanny ROOS (Sweden), Maggie EWEN (USA), Danniel THOMAS-DODD (Jamaica), Sarah MITTON (Canada) among others.
She recorded a 20.43m mark, which gave her an edge over the others.
The 31-year old had represented Cameroon in the 2015 World Athletics Championship as well as the 2016 Summer Olympics, before adopting the Portuguese Nationality in 2017.
Auriol Dongmo was born in Ngaoundere, Adamawa Region of Cameroon on August 3, 1990.