Yemisi Ogunleye

Yemisi Ogunleye

Ogunleye at the 2022 German Indoor Athletics Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 26) [1]
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight	67 kg (148 lb) [1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	MTG Mannheim [1]
Achievements and titles
National finals	2014 German U18s  • Shot put, 5th 2015 German U18s  • Shot put, 1st 2017 German Indoor U20s  • Shot put, 3rd 2017 German U23s  • Shot put, 6th  • Discus throw, 6th 2017 German Champs  • Shot put, 7th 2018 German Indoors  • Shot put, 8th 2018 German U23s  • Discus throw, 7th  • Shot put, 5th 2018 German Champs  • Shot put, 8th 2019 German Indoors  • Shot put, 8th 2019 German U23s  • Shot put, 5th 2019 German Champs  • Shot put, NM 2020 Luxembourgian Indoors  • Shot put, 1st 2020 German Indoors  • Shot put, 7th 2020 German Champs  • Shot put, 3rd 2021 German Champs  • Shot put, 3rd 2022 German Indoors  • Shot put, 5th 2022 German Champs  • Shot put, 4th 2023 German Indoors  • Shot put, 4th 2023 German Champs  • Shot put, 2nd 2024 German Indoors  • Shot put, 1st
Personal best	SP : 20.19m (2024)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2024 Paris Shot put World Indoor Championships 2024 Glasgow Shot put European Championships 2024 Rome Shot put European Indoor Championships 2025 Apeldoorn Shot put European Throwing Cup 2023 Leiria Shot put
Updated on 13 June 2024

Yemisi Ogunleye (born 3 October 1998) is a German shot putter. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2024 Paris Olympics with 20.00 metres in the last round.

Early life

Ogunleye was born in Germersheim, Germany and grew up in the village of Bellheim. ^{[2] [3]} She has a German mother and a Yoruba Nigerian father. ^[2]

Career

Ogunleye trains with the club MTG Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany. ^[2] She finished 10th at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. At the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Ogunleye led the field after the first throw, and despite only throwing one more valid attempt she won the silver medal. ^[4]

Personal life

Ogunleye is a gospel singer. ^[4]

Statistics

Personal best progression

Shot Put progression

#	Mark	Pl.	Competition	Venue	Date	Ref.
1	12.50 m	13th	German U20 Indoor Championships	Sindelfingen, Germany	15 Feb 2014	[5]
2	13.23 m		Coupe de L'amitié	Sarreguemines, France	28 May 2014	[6]
3	13.73 m		Nationales Hallensportfest der LG Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany	9 Jan 2016	[7]
4	13.81 m		Baden-Württembergische Hallenmeisterschaften	Karlsruhe, Germany	22 Jan 2016	[8]
5	14.08 m	4th	Süddeutsche Hallenmeisterschaften, Glaspalast	Sindelfingen, Germany	29 Jan 2016	[9]
6	14.34 m			Mannheim, Germany	28 Jan 2017	[10]
7	14.77 m			Mannheim, Germany	10 Feb 2017	[11]
8	15.23 m		German U20 Indoor Championships	Sindelfingen, Germany	25 Feb 2017	[12]
9	15.43 m		France-Germany-Italy U20 Indoor Match	Halle, Germany	3 Mar 2017	[13]
10	15.65 m			Mannheim, Germany	21 Apr 2017	[14]
11	16.04 m			Heilbronn, Germany	27 May 2017	[15]
12	16.50 m	6th	Hallesche Werfertage, Sportzentrum Brandberge	Halle, Germany	25 May 2018	[16]
13	16.63 m		Süddeutsche Meisterschaften Aktive / U18	St. Wendel, Germany	29 Jun 2019	[17]
14	17.06 m		Abendsportfest	Mannheim, Germany	3 Jul 2019	[18]
15	17.34 m		MTG Wurfmeeting	Mannheim, Germany	14 Jul 2020	[19]
16	17.36 m		Wurf-Gala U23	Halle, Germany	14 Aug 2020	[20]
17	17.65 m		Renault Schmid Werfertag 2021 Teil 2	Bad Boll, Germany	8 May 2021	[21]
18	18.13 m		German Athletics Championships	Braunschweig, Germany	4 Jun 2021	[22]
19	18.14 m		LO Kugelstoßen im Kurpark Bad Liebenzell	Bad Liebenzell, Germany	12 Jul 2022	[23]
20	18.20 m		Deutsche Hochschulmeisterschaft	Darmstadt, Germany	18 May 2023
21	18.53 m	5th	HALPLUS Werfertage	Halle, Germany	20 May 2023
22	19.31 m		58th International Pentecost Sport Meeting	Rehlingen, Germany	28 May 2023
23	19.44 m	(Qualification)	World Athletics Championships	Budapest, Hungary	25 Aug 2023	[24]
24	19.57 m		Nordhausen-Indoor Kugelstoßen	Nordhausen, Germany	27 Jan 2024	[25]
25	20.19 m		World Athletics Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	1 Mar 2024

References

1. Yemisi Ogunleye at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
2. Sport, S. W. R. (6 December 2023). "Yemisi Ogunleye: Vom Mobbing-Opfer zur starken Persönlichkeit". swr.online (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
3. "Leichtathletik: Yemisis Kugel fliiiiiieeegt - Sport". www.rheinpfalz.de (in German). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
4. "Mitton wins Glasgow's first gold with shot put triumph | News | Glasgow 24 | World Athletics Indoor Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
5. Yemisi Ogunleye at World Athletics
6. "Athletics recap for meeting #12851446" . Tilastopaja .
7. "Athletics recap for meeting #12867073" . Tilastopaja .
8. "Athletics recap for meeting #12867748" . Tilastopaja .
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10. "Athletics recap for meeting #12885382" . Tilastopaja .
11. "Athletics recap for meeting #12888779" . Tilastopaja .
12. "Athletics recap for meeting #12889282" . Tilastopaja .
13. "Athletics recap for meeting #12889589" . Tilastopaja .
14. "Athletics recap for meeting #12892605" . Tilastopaja .
15. "Athletics recap for meeting #12894394" . Tilastopaja .
16. "Athletics recap for meeting #12907620" . Tilastopaja .
17. "Athletics recap for meeting #12932512" . Tilastopaja .
18. "Athletics recap for meeting #12932856" . Tilastopaja .
19. "Athletics recap for meeting #12966870" . Tilastopaja .
20. "Athletics recap for meeting #12969160" . Tilastopaja .
21. "Athletics recap for meeting #12984348" . Tilastopaja .
22. "Athletics recap for meeting #12988100" . Tilastopaja .
23. "Athletics recap for meeting #13018688" . Tilastopaja .
24. "Athletics recap for meeting #13046619" . Tilastopaja .
25. "Athletics recap for meeting #13053953" . Tilastopaja .

External links

• Yemisi Ogunleye at World Athletics