Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou (born 2 August 1985 in

Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country ...

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) is a Cameroonian-French

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

and

pentathlete A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek language, Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) (). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Anci ...

. She has won two

European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletic Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe. Editions First held, for me ...

heptathlon gold medals (in 2012 and 2014) and two

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pentathlon gold medals (in 2011 and 2013). Her heptathlon personal best result is 6576 points, achieved at the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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. She acquired

French nationality French nationality law is historically based on the principles of ''jus soli'' (Latin for "right of soil") and ''jus sanguinis'', (Latin for "right of blood") according to Ernest Renan's definition, in opposition to the German definition of nat ...

naturalization Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the ...

on 28 August 2003. Antoinette Nana Djimou Paris 2011

Career

Nana Djimou finished 4th at the 2012 Olympics heptathlon in

, with a personal best of 6576 points. Nana Djimou withdrew from the upcoming

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

after undergoing an

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in June 2015.

Personal bests

;Outdoor *100 m: 11.78 (2008) *200 m: 24.36 (2011) *800 m: 2:15.22 (2014) *100 m hs: 12.96 (2012) *High jump: 1.83 m (2011) *Long jump: 6.43 m (2016) *Shot put: 16.17 m (2016) *Javelin throw: 57.27 m (2012) *Heptathlon: 6,576 (2012) ;Indoor *60 m: 7.59 (2008) *800 m: 2:18.09 (2011) *60 m hs: 8.11 (2010 and 2011) *High jump: 1.84 m (2010) *Long jump: 6.44 m (2009) *Shot put: 15.52 m (2018) *Pentathlon: 4723 pts (2011)

Meetings

2006 Hypo-Meeting The 32nd edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 27 and May 28, 2006 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event was part of the 2006 IAAF World Combined Events Chall ...

: 19th, 5700 pts *

2007 Hypo-Meeting The 33rd edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 26 May and 27 May 2007 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2007 IAAF World Combined Events Ch ...

: 21st, 5749 pts *

2008 Hypo-Meeting The 34th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 31 and June 1, 2008 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event was part of the 2008 IAAF World Combined Events Chall ...

: 12th, 6189 pts * 2010 Hypo-Meeting: 10th, 5994 pts * 2011 Hypo-Meeting: 3rd, 6409 pts * 2012 Hypo-Meeting: 12th, 6279 pts * 2012 Décastar: 2nd, 6390 pts * 2013 Hypo-Meeting: 10th, 6058 pts

International competitions

References

External links

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