Orazio Cremona

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Orazio Cremona
Personal information
Born (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 36)
Education Monash South Africa [1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Weight148 kg (326 lb) (2014) [2]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
Shot put
Coached byDup de Preeze
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Marrakesh Shot put
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Porto-Novo Shot put
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Nairobi Shot put
African Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Ouagadougou Shot put

Orazio Cremona (born 1 July 1989) is a South African athlete specialising in the shot put. [3] He finished seventh at the 2014 World Indoor Championships.

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His personal bests in the event are 21.12 metres outdoors (Potchefstroom 2017) and 20.49 metres indoors (Sopot 2014).

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2007 African Junior Championships Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso2ndShot put (6 kg)17.66 m
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland19th (q)Shot put (6 kg) 18.28 m
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya3rdShot put 18.27 m
2012 African Championships Porto-Novo, Benin2ndShot put 19.19 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia15th (q)Shot put 19.42 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland7thShot put 20.49 m
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom4thShot put 20.13 m
African Championships Marrakesh, Morocco1stShot put 19.84 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China27th (q)Shot put 18.63 m
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa5thShot put 19.15 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom23rd (q)Shot put 19.81 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia6thShot put 20.51 m
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco5thShot put 20.06 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar24th (q)Shot put 19.98 m

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