Emilia Mikue Ondo

Emilia Mikue Ondo (born 20 December 1984) is an Equatoguinean middle distance runner.[1] She set a personal best time of 2:15.72 for the 800 metres at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. She is also a two-time flag bearer for Equatorial Guinea (2004 and 2008) at the Olympic opening ceremonies.[2]

Emilia Mikue Ondo
Personal information
NationalityEquatoguinean
Born (1984-12-20) 20 December 1984
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Equatorial Guinea
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 m: 2:15.72 (2007)

At age nineteen, Mikue Ondo made her official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she competed in the women's 800 metres. She finished seventh in the fourth heat of the event by sixteen seconds behind Kenya's Faith Macharia, with her slowest possible time of 2:22.88.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Mikue Ondo competed again for the second time in the women's 800 metres. She ran in the fourth heat, against six other athletes, including former Olympic champion Maria Mutola of Mozambique. She finished the race in sixth place by twenty seconds behind Grenada's Neisha Bernard-Thomas, with a time of 2:20.69. Mikue Ondo, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed thirty-ninth overall, and was ranked farther below three mandatory slots for the next round. She was eventually upgraded to a higher overall position when Croatia's Vanja Perišić had been disqualified for failing the doping test.[3][4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emilia Mikue Ondo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. "List of Flagbearers Beijing 2008" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. "Women's 800m Round 1 – Heat 4". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  4. "Croatian Athlete Perisic Failed Beijing Test". Dalje. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Eric Moussambani		 Flagbearer for  Equatorial Guinea
Athens 2004
Beijing 2008		 Succeeded by
Bibiana Olama


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