Franck Dannique Elemba Owaka (born 21 July 1990Franck Elemba : Le gladiateur venu de la rivière Congo (in French)) is a Republic of the Congo athlete competing in the shot put. He represented his country at the 2014 World Indoor Championships and 2015 World Championships, as well as team Africa at the 2010 and 2014 Continental Cup.
He was born in Brazzaville, and represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics 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 Parade of Nations.
He has personal bests of 21.20 metres outdoors (Rio de Janeiro 2016) and 20.53 metres indoors (Karlsruhe 2016). Both results are current national records.
Earlier in his career he competed in judo, before turning to athletics in 2006.
Competition record Representing the 2009African Junior ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius4thShot put14.93 m5thDiscus throw36.23 mJeux de la FrancophonieBeirut, Lebanon7thShot put15.09 m9thDiscus throw40.95 m2010African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya4thShot put15.90 m12thDiscus throw38.56 mContinental CupSplit, Croatia8thShot put15.83 m2011UniversiadeShenzhen, China18th (q)Shot put15.71 mAll-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambique5thShot put16.44 m2012African ChampionshipsPorto-Novo, Benin5thShot put16.23 m2013Jeux de la FrancophonieNice, France5thShot put18.68 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland18th (q)Shot put17.74 mAfrican ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco3rdShot put18.74 mContinental CupMarrakesh, Morocco7thShot put19.72 m2015World Championships Beijing, China21st (q)Shot put19.40 mAfrican GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo1stShot put20.25 m3rdDiscus throw50.30 m2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States17thShot put19.34 mAfrican ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa2ndShot put19.89 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil4th Shot put21.20 m2017Jeux de la FrancophonieAbidjan, Ivory Coast1stShot put19.99 mWorld Championships London, United Kingdom24th (q)Shot put19.74 m2019African GamesRabat, Morocco6thShot put19.17 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar29th (q)Shot put19.76 mRepresenting 2026Mediterranean GamesTaranto, Italy6thShot put19.44 m
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