弗朗索瓦•姆邦戈 （françoise mbango） （田径 喀麦隆）
athens, olympic stadium, 23 august 2004, games of the xxviii olympiad. women's athletics: françoise mbango etone celebrates draped in the national flag of cameroon after winning the triple jump final.
born: 14 april 1976
birthplace: yaounde (cameroon)
nationality: cameroon
sport: athletics
attendance at the olympic games
sydney 2000
athens 2004
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 1
with help from a kid sister
although she placed only tenth in the triple jump at the 2000 sydney olympics, françoise mbango developed a record of finishing second in major meets. she won the silver medal at the 1998 commonwealth games, the 2001 world championships and the 2003 world championships. at both world championships, she was beaten by tatyana lebedeva of russia. prior to the 2004 olympics, mbango trained alone and then took on a special trainer-her younger sister, eseppo. she also received a scholarship from the ioc's olympic solidarity movement. mbango arrived in athens with her hair shaved as a gesture of support for her mother, who was ill. in the final, mbango fouled her first attempt and then, with her second try, jumped 15.30 metres, setting an african record and bettering her personal best by 25 centimetres. she repeated the distance in the sixth and final round. in fact, her series was so consistent that she was the first woman to surpass 15 metres five times in one competition. her gold medal was the first for a cameroonian in athletics.
生日：1976年4月14日
出生地：雅温得，喀麦隆
国籍: 喀麦隆
项目: 田径
参加奥运会时间：
2000年澳大利亚悉尼夏季奥运会
2004年希腊雅典夏季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌1 枚
获得妹妹的帮助
2000年澳大利亚悉尼奥运会上，弗朗索瓦•姆邦戈在女子三级跳比赛中名列第十。1998年联邦运动会上，她获得三级跳金牌，接下来，她还获得2001年和2003年世界锦标赛银牌。在这两次比赛中，姆邦戈都是败给了俄罗斯运动员莱贝德娃。为了备战2004年夏季奥运会，姆邦戈独自封训，并参加了世界女子青年田径运动员训练营。为了向生病的母亲表示纪念，姆邦戈将自己的发型特别加以修饰。在决赛中，姆邦戈的第一次试跳犯规，第二次跳出了15.30米的成绩，将自己的最好成绩提高了25米，并打破了非洲女子三级跳纪录，第六轮和最后一轮中，她再次跳出这一成绩，并最终获得金牌。也成为第一位在一次比赛中五次跳过15米的女子运动员，她的这枚金牌也是喀麦隆田径运动员获得的第一枚奥运金牌。