Франсуаза Мбанго Этон: Камерундық үш қадаммен жүгірушінің жетістіктері

Françoise Mbango Etone (born 14 April 1976 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian born female track and field athlete. She has competed internationally for France since 2010. While competing for Cameroon, Etone was a 2 time Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She held the Olympic record for triple jump which she set with a distance of 15.39 m at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The 15.39 m is the third longest women's triple jump in history under any conditions. Only 25 women have ever jumped 15 metres, Etone jumped beyond 15 metres on 7 of her last 11 attempts in the Olympic final alone. Etone was also a talented long jumper who finished second at the African Championships in 1999. Etone was the first female athlete representing Cameroon to win medals at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and Olympic Games. She has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002. During the 2005–06 academic year, she lived in New York City on a scholarship to attend St. John's University in Queens, New York. The scholarship was made possible through the collaboration of the American electricity company AES Sonel along with US Ambassador to Cameroon, Niels Marquardt. She selected St. John's University for study (along with her younger sister, Berthe) because of the school's support of cultural programs in Cameroon.

Representing 1996African ChampionshipsYaoundé, Cameroon3rdTriple jump12.51 m1998African ChampionshipsDakar, Senegal2ndTriple jump13.80 mCommonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia10thLong jump6.11 m2ndTriple jump13.95 m1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain13th (q)Triple jump14.12 mAll Africa GamesJohannesburg, South Africa2ndLong jump6.55 m1stTriple jump14.70 m2000African ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeria3rd4 × 100 m relay46.971stTriple jump13.87 mOlympic GamesSydney, Australia24th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.8210thTriple jump13.53 m2001Jeux de la FrancophonieOttawa, Canada2ndLong jump6.37 m2ndTriple jump14.56 mWorld ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada2ndTriple jump14.60 m2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom2ndTriple jump14.82 mAfrican ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia1stLong jump6.68 m (w)1stTriple jump14.95 m2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom2ndTriple jump14.88 mWorld ChampionshipsParis, France2ndTriple jump15.05 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6thTriple jump14.62 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece1stTriple jump15.30 m2008African ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia1stTriple jump14.76 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China1stTriple jump15.39 mRepresenting 2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland8thTriple jump14.19 m