Emmanuel Eseme

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Emmanuel Eseme
Emmanuel Eseme 2022 (cropped).jpg
Emmanuel Eseme in 2022
Personal information
Born (1993-08-17) 17 August 1993 (age 31)
Height6 ft (184 cm)
Weight183 lb (83 kg)
Sport
CountryCameroon
Sport Track and field
Event Sprinting
Club Sporting CP
Coached byPatrice Kinang
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 60 m: 6.52 (2024)
  • 100 m: 9.96 (2023)
  • 200 m: 20.31 (2019)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Accra 100 m
African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Saint Pierre 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Douala 100 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Douala 200 m
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Konya 200 m
Jeux de la Francophonie
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kinshasa 100 m

Emmanuel Alobwede Eseme (born 17 August 1993) is a Cameroonian sprinter. In 2024, he won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres event at the 2023 African Games held in Ghana. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. [1] He did not qualify to compete in the semi-finals. [1]

In the same year, he also competed in the men's 200 metres and men's 4 × 100 metres relay events at the 2019 African Games, in both cases without winning a medal. [2]

He represented Cameroon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, in the men's 200 meters event.

He placed third at the 2023 Diamond League in Silesia, Poland in the men’s 100 metres event.

In 2024, he competed in the men's 100 metres event at the Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.

References

  1. 1 2 "Men's 200 metres - Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Paris 2024
with
Richelle Anita Soppi Mbella
Succeeded by
Incumbent