Franck Dannique Elemba Owaka (born 21 July 1990
(in French)) is an athlete from the

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competing in the

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. He represented his country at the 2014 World Indoor Championships and 2015 World Championships, as well as team Africa at the

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and 2014 Continental Cup. He was born in

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, and represented his country at the

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where he was placed 4th in the shot put with a throw of 21.20 metres. He was the flag bearer for the Republic of Congo during the

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. He has personal bests of 21.20 metres outdoors (Rio de Janeiro 2016) and 20.53 metres indoors (Karlsruhe 2016). Both results are current

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. Earlier in his career he competed in

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, before turning to athletics in 2006.

Competition record

References

1990 births Living people Republic of the Congo shot putters Male shot putters Republic of the Congo male athletes Sportspeople from Brazzaville World Athletics Championships athletes for the Republic of the Congo Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Republic of the Congo African Games gold medalists for the Republic of the Congo African Games bronze medalists for the Republic of the Congo African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{RCongo-athletics-bio-stub