Orazio Cremona

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Orazio Cremona
Personal information
Born (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 35)
Johannesburg, South Africa
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 Marrakech 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 Faso 2ndShot put (6 kg)17.66 m
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 19th (q)Shot put (6 kg) 18.28 m
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 3rdShot put 18.27 m
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 2ndShot put 19.19 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 15th (q)Shot put 19.42 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 7thShot put 20.49 m
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 4thShot put 20.13 m
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 1stShot put 19.84 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 27th (q)Shot put 18.63 m
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 5thShot put 19.15 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 23rd (q)Shot put 19.81 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 6thShot put 20.51 m
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 5thShot put 20.06 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 24th (q)Shot put 19.98 m

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