Sarah Liengu Etonge (born in

Buea Buea is the capital of the Southwest Region (Cameroon), Southwest Region of Cameroon. The city is located in Fako (department), Fako Division, on the eastern slopes of Mount Cameroon, and has a population of about 800.000 inhabitants as of 2 ...

Southwest Province The Southwest Region or South-West Region () is a region with special status in Cameroon. Its capital is Buea. , its population was 1,553,320. Along with the Northwest Region, it is one of the two Anglophone (English-speaking) regions of Cameroo ...

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) is a fell runner. She has won the annual

Mount Cameroon Race of Hope The Mount Cameroon Race of Hope (in French, "La Course de l'Espoir") is an annual, televised footrace held at Mount Cameroon in the Southwest Region of Cameroon in January or February.Jones. The 20th edition of the Guinness Mount Cameroon race ...

seven times in her native

, in the

. Her most recent victory came in 2005, with a time of 5:38:06.Current events-2004 Presidential Election
/ref> On March 12, 2005, Etonge was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in mountaineering by Professor Emeritus Lydia Luma of the Cameroon Education Corporation. In 2006, the city of Buea revealed a statue in her honour. It was only the second municipal statue constructed in Buea ever, and the first since that for

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Sarah Etonge interviewed
on

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).
Volcanic Sprint
a 2007 documentary film featuring Sarah Etonge b
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