Mickaël Conjungo

Mickaël Conjungo
Personal information
Full name	Mickaël Glenn Conjungo Taumhas
Born	6 May 1969 (age 55); Bangui, Central African Republic
Sport
Country	Central African Republic; France
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw

Mickaël Glenn Conjungo Taumhas (born 6 May 1969 in Bangui) is a French^[1]^[2] discus thrower. He formerly represented his birth country of the Central African Republic.

Career

On the regional African level he won a gold medal at the 1993 African Championships, silver medals at the 1995 All-Africa Games and the 2000 African Championships and bronze medals at the 1998 African Championships and 1999 All-Africa Games. He also won silver at the 1994 Jeux de la Francophonie and bronze at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie.^{[citation needed]}

He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000 and the World Championships in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999 without reaching the finals.^{[citation needed]}

His personal best throw is 63.78 metres, achieved in July 1994 in Sorgues. This is the current national record for the Central African Republic.^[3] For this country he holds the national record in all throwing events, and even pole vault. His sister, Maria-Joëlle Conjungo, is also a national record holder.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Central African Republic
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	32nd (q)	Discus throw	53.02 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	24th (q)	Discus throw	57.46 m
1993	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	1st	Discus throw	59.92 m
	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	8th	Discus throw	57.38 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	25th (q)	Discus throw	53.60 m
1994	Jeux de la Francophonie	Bondoufle, France	2nd	Discus throw	60.40 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	32nd (q)	Discus throw	57.36 m
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	6th	Discus throw	58.52 m
	All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe	2nd	Discus throw	58.94 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	34th (q)	Discus throw	55.34 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	29th (q)	Discus throw	57.82 m
1997	Jeux de la Francophonie	Antananarivo, Madagascar	3rd	Discus throw	57.47 m
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	3rd	Discus throw	57.52 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	22nd (q)	Discus throw	59.16 m
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	6th	Shot put	14.05 m
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	Discus throw	57.09 m
2000	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	Discus throw	59.58 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	35th (q)	Discus throw	57.85 m
2001	Jeux de la Francophonie	Ottawa, Canada	8th	Discus throw	55.78 m

References

^ "HOMMES: 100 METERS". ifrance.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
^ "L´Athlé du Net - Athlétisme - Sites d'Athlètes Français". Archived from the original on 2 February 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.
^ "Central African athletics records". athlerecords.net. Archived from the original on 7 April 2007.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mickaël Conjungo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.