Cameroon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Cameroon at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Cameroon.svg
IOC code CMR
NOC Cameroon Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.cnosc.org  (in French)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors24 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Wilfried Ntsengue [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Cameroon competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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Cameroon Olympic Sports Committee (French : Comité National Olympique et Sportif du Cameroun) sent a total of 24 athletes, 5 men and 19 women, to the Games, competing in six different sports. For the second straight time in history, Cameroon was represented by more female than male athletes due to its presence of the women's volleyball team. [2]

Notable athletes in the Cameroon team were professional boxers Mahaman Smaila and Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam, who both staged their Olympic comebacks in Rio de Janeiro for nearly a decade, and wrestler Annabelle Ali, who joined triple jumper and double gold medalist Françoise Mbango-Etone as the only Cameroonians to appear in three consecutive editions of the Games. Middleweight boxer Wilfried Ntsengue, the youngest member of the team (aged 18), was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1]

Cameroon left Rio de Janeiro without a single Olympic medal. Ali narrowly missed out of Cameroon's first medal of the Games, after losing the match to Russia's Ekaterina Bukina for the bronze in the women's 75 kg category. [3]

Athletics (track and field)

Cameroonian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [4] [5]

Key
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Auriol Dongmo Women's shot put 17.9210 q16.8212
Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin Women's triple jump 13.1136Did not advance

Boxing

Cameroon entered four boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Simplice Fotsala, Wilfried Ntsengue, and 2008 Olympian Mahaman Smaila had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé. [6] Returning for his second Games from a 12-year absence, light heavyweight boxer Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam rounded out the Cameroonian roster with his semifinal triumph at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Simplice Fotsala Men's light flyweight Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Yafai  (GBR)
L 0–3		Did not advance
Mahaman Smaila Men's light welterweight Flag of Turkey.svg  Gözgeç  (TUR)
L 0–3		Did not advance
Wilfried Ntsengue Men's middleweight Flag of Colombia.svg  Vivas  (COL)
W 2–1		Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdin  (EGY)
L 0–3		Did not advance
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam Men's light heavyweight Flag of Brazil.svg  Borges  (BRA)
L 0–3		Did not advance

Judo

Cameroon qualified one judoka for the women's half-heavyweight category (78 kg) at the Games. Vanessa Atangana earned a continental quota spot from the Africa region as Cameroon's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016. [7]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Hortence Atangana Women's −78 kg Flag of Poland.svg  Pogorzelec  (POL)
L 000–000 S		Did not advance

Volleyball

Indoor

Women's tournament

Cameroon women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Yaoundé. [8]

Team roster

The following was the Cameroonian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [9] [10]

Head coach: Jean-René Akono

No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlock2015–16 club
1 Stéphanie Fotso Mogoung 25 September 19871.84 m (6 ft 0 in)78 kg (172 lb)296 cm (117 in)259 cm (102 in) Flag of France.svg VBC Chamalières
2 Christelle Tchoudjang (C)7 July 19891.84 m (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (180 lb)295 cm (116 in)260 cm (100 in) Flag of France.svg VBC Chamalières
4 Raïssa Nasser (L)19 August 19941.73 m (5 ft 8 in)73 kg (161 lb)270 cm (110 in)265 cm (104 in) Flag of France.svg La Rochelle
5 Théorine Aboa Mbeza 25 August 19921.82 m (6 ft 0 in)78 kg (172 lb)285 cm (112 in)270 cm (110 in) Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP Yaoundé
6 Laetitia Moma Bassoko 9 October 19931.84 m (6 ft 0 in)81 kg (179 lb)312 cm (123 in)287 cm (113 in) Flag of France.svg VBC Chamalières
7 Henriette Koulla 14 September 19921.69 m (5 ft 7 in)67 kg (148 lb)275 cm (108 in)250 cm (98 in) Flag of France.svg Tremblay AC
10 Berthrade Bikatal 23 July 19921.83 m (6 ft 0 in)76 kg (168 lb)297 cm (117 in)253 cm (100 in) Flag of Cameroon.svg Nyong-et-Kéllé
11 Victoire L'or Ngon Ntame 31 December 19851.77 m (5 ft 10 in)79 kg (174 lb)288 cm (113 in)253 cm (100 in) Flag of Cameroon.svg INJS Yaoundé
12 Fawziya Abdoulkarim 1 March 19891.80 m (5 ft 11 in)67 kg (148 lb)292 cm (115 in)259 cm (102 in) Flag of Cameroon.svg Bafia Evolution
13 Madeleine Bodo Essissima 29 April 19921.82 m (6 ft 0 in)75 kg (165 lb)275 cm (108 in)270 cm (110 in) Flag of Cameroon.svg FAP Yaoundé
14 Yolande Amana Guigolo 15 September 19971.84 m (6 ft 0 in)78 kg (172 lb)275 cm (108 in)270 cm (110 in) Flag of Cameroon.svg Bafia Evolution
15 Emelda Piata Zessi 8 April 19971.90 m (6 ft 3 in)65 kg (143 lb)275 cm (108 in)270 cm (110 in) Flag of Cameroon.svg Bafia Evolution
Group play
PosTeam
PldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (H)55015150MAX3772721.386 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 541121243.0003933231.217
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 53291071.4293843721.032
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5236790.7783473640.953
5Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 51423140.2143194070.784
6Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 50512150.1333284100.800
Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
15:00		 Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 7,890
Referees: Heike Kraft (GER), Liu Jiang (CHN)
(25–14, 25–21, 25–13)
Result Statistics
8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
11:35		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,400
Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
(25–20, 25–15, 25–17)
Result Statistics
10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
17:05		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,396
Referees: Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT), Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI)
(25–19, 25–22, 25–23)
Result Statistics
12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
11:35		 Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg3–2Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 5,345
Referees: Taoufik Boudaya (TUN), Arturo di Giacomo (BEL)
(19–25, 25–19, 26–28, 25–21, 15–13)
Result Statistics
14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
11:35		 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3–0Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 6,893
Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
(25–15, 25–22, 25–20)
Result Statistics

Weightlifting

Cameroon qualified one male and one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish (for men) and top four (for women), respectively, at the 2016 African Championships. [11] The team had to allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016. [12]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Petit Minkoumba Men's −94 kg 140161651630516
Arcangeline Fouodji Women's −69 kg 82161051418714

Wrestling

Cameroon qualified three wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament, as a result of their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 African & Oceania Qualification Tournament. [13]

Key
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Rebecca Muambo −48 kg Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Yankova  (BUL)
L 0–4 ST		Did not advance16
Joseph Essombe −53 kg ByeFlag of Venezuela.svg  Argüello  (VEN)
L 0–5 VT		Did not advance16
Annabelle Ali −75 kg ByeFlag of Venezuela.svg  Weffer  (VEN)
W 3–0 PO		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Manyurova  (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advanceByeFlag of Hungary.svg  Németh  (HUN)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Russia.svg  Bukina  (RUS)
L 1–3 PP		5

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