Manuela Montebrun (born 13 November 1979) is a retired, female hammer thrower from France. She is an Olympic bronze medallist and two-time World Championship bronze medallist.
Career Born in Laval, Mayenne, Montebrun won two back-to-back World Championship bronze medals in 2003 and 2005. She had finished fourth in the final of the 2005 World Championships, but was belatedly awarded the bronze medal in 2013 when the 2005 World Championships gold medallist Olga Kuzenkova was stripped of her gold medal for doping.
Montebrun's outdoor, personal best throw is 74.66 metres, achieved on 11 July 2005 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Montebrun retired from athletics in June 2012.
Originally fifth in the 2008 Olympic final, Montebrun was promoted to the bronze medal position in 2016, after the drugs disqualifications of Aksana Miankova and Darya Pchelnik.
Results in international competitions Note: Only the position and distance in the final are indicated, unless otherwise stated. If the athlete did not qualify for the final, the overall position and distance in the qualification round are indicated. Representing 1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France5th58.28 mEuropean ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary25th (q)54.13 m1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain 3rd68.11 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden4th61.95 mWorld ChampionshipsSeville, Spain12th62.44 m2000European CupGateshead, England 3rd67.73 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia24th (q)57.77 m2001European Athletics U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands 1st66.73 mWorld ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada5th67.78 mUniversiadeBeijing, China 1st69.78 mGoodwill GamesBrisbane, Australia 3rd69.80 m2002European CupAnnecy, France 2nd68.53 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany 3rd72.04 m2003European CupFlorence, Italy 1st74.43 mWorld ChampionshipsParis, France 3rd70.92 m World Athletics FinalSzombathely, Hungary4th68.88 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece15th (q)67.90 mWorld Athletics FinalSzombathely, Hungary 3rd70.63 m2005European CupFlorence, Italy 2nd71.10 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 3rd71.41 m World Athletics FinalSzombathely, Hungary7th69.70 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan8th70.36 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China 3rd72.54 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany12th69.92 mJeux de la FrancophonieBeirut, Lebanon 1st70.26 m
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