Françoise Mbango Etone

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Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Cameroon
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	Triple jump
World Championships
Silver	2001 Edmonton	Triple jump
Silver	2003 Paris	Triple jump

Françoise Mbango Etone (born 14 April 1976 in Yaoundé) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

She is also a talented long jumper who finished second at the African Championships in 1999 (6.55 m). She is the first athlete from Cameroon to win medals at the World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games. She has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002.

During the 2005-06 academic year, she lived in New York City on a scholarship to attend St. John’s University in Queens. The scholarship was made possible through the collaboration of the American electricity company AES Sonel along with US Ambassador to Cameroon, Niels Marquardt. She selected St. John’s University for study (along with her younger sister, Berthe) because of the school’s support of cultural programs in Cameroon.

[edit] References

• IAAF profile for Françoise Mbango Etone

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tatyana Lebedeva	Women's Triple Jump Best Year Performance 2002	Succeeded by Yamilé Aldama

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's triple jump 1996 Inessa Kravets · 2000 Tereza Marinova · 2004 Françoise Mbango Etone