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Full name | Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 14 December 1988
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400m |
Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia (born 14 December 1988) is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she was 6th in Round 1 with a time of 53.67. [1] [2] At the 2016 Olympics, she was 6th again in her first round heat, in a time of 53.51. [3] Bokesa also plays basketball for the women's counterpart of CB Estudiantes. [4]
Bokesa's parents are from Basacato del Este, Bioko Norte Province, Equatorial Guinea. [5]
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Full name: Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia