Jolien Boumkwo
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Full name | Jolien Maliga Boumkwo |
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birthday | 27th August 1993 (age 27) |
place of birth | Ghent , Belgium |
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discipline | Shot put |
Best performance | 16.80 m |
society | Racing Gent |
Trainer | Philip Gilson, Tim De Coster, Veerle Blondeel |
status | active |
last change: August 8, 2017 |
Jolien Maliga Boumkwo (born August 27, 1993 ) is a Belgian shot putter and hammer thrower .
Athletic career
Jolien Boumkwo gained her first international experience at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Lille , where she was eliminated with 14.32 m in qualification. In 2012 she finished tenth in the final of the Junior World Championships in Barcelona . At the 2013 U23 European Championships in Tampere , she was eliminated with 15.21 m in qualification. Two years later she was sixth in the shot put at the U23 European Championships in Tallinn and was eliminated in the hammer throw with 63.24 m in the qualification. In 2016 she qualified for the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam , where she was eliminated again in the qualification with 16.66 meters.
So far she has been Belgian champion eleven times and indoor champion six times.
Top performances
- Shot put: 17.09 m, June 19, 2016 in Brussels ( Belgian record )
- Hall: 16.31 m, January 29, 2017 in Ghent
- Discus throw: 50.60 m, August 9, 2014 in Kessel-Lo
- Hammer throw: 67.30 m, June 26, 2016 in Brussels ( Belgian record )
Web links
- Jolien Boumkwo in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-u23-championships/history/year=2015/results/index.html
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SURNAME | Boumkwo, Jolien |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boumkwo, Jolien Maliga (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian shot putter, hammer thrower and discus thrower |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent |