Odette Mistoul

Odette Mistoul
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Gabon
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Dakar Shot put
Gold medal – first place 1982 Cairo Shot put
Gold medal – first place 1984 Raba Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Cairo Shot put

Odette Mistoul (married Kingbou; born 22 February 1959) is a Gabonese former track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. She represented her country at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, placing 13th in the final. She was also her nation's Olympic flag bearer that year.[1] She was the first woman to represent Gabon at the Olympics.[2] She won the first three gold medals in women's shot put at the African Championships in Athletics from 1979 to 1984.[3]

She participated at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics and was a finalist at the 1979 IAAF World Cup.[4][5][6] In other competitions, she was twice winner at the Central African Athletics Championships and took bronze at the 1985 African Championships in Athletics.[7][3]

Her personal bests of 15.51 m (50 ft 10+1⁄2 in) for the shot put and 36.31 m (119 ft 1+1⁄2 in) for the discus throw remain the Gabonese records for the disciplines.

After retirement from athletics, she remained involved in the sport and stood as a candidate for the women's committee for the International Association of Athletics Federations.[8]

  1. ^ Odette Mistoul. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.
  2. ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.
  4. ^ Odette Misoul. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.
  5. ^ Odette Misoul. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.
  6. ^ 2010 Split IAAF World Cup Statistics. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.
  7. ^ Central African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.
  8. ^ IAAF Congress – ALL Election Results. IAAF (2007-08-22). Retrieved on 2016-08-07.