Franck Elemba

Franck Dannique Elemba Owaka (born 21 July 1990 in Brazzaville) is an athlete from the Republic of the Congo competing in the shot put. He represented his country at the 2014 World Indoor Championships and 2015 World Championships, as well as team Africa at the 2010 and 2014 Continental Cup.

He has personal bests of 20.25 metres outdoors (Brazzaville 2015) and 20.53 metres indoors (Karlsruhe 2016). Both results are current national records.

Earlier in his career he competed in judo, before turning to athletics in 2006.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Republic of the Congo
2009	African Junior Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	4th	Shot put	14.93 m
			5th	Discus throw	36.23 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	7th	Shot put	15.09 m
			9th	Discus throw	40.95 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	4th	Shot put	15.90 m
			12th	Discus throw	38.56 m
	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	8th	Shot put	15.83 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	18th (q)	Shot put	15.71 m
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	5th	Shot put	16.44 m
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	5th	Shot put	16.23 m
2013	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	5th	Shot put	18.68 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	18th (q)	Shot put	17.74 m
	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	3rd	Shot put	18.74 m
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	7th	Shot put	19.72 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	21st (q)	Shot put	19.40 m
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	Shot put	20.25 m
			3rd	Discus throw	50.30 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	17th	Shot put	19.34 m