Orazio Cremona

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Orazio Cremona
Personal information
Born (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 34)
Johannesburg, South Africa
EducationMonash South Africa[1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight148 kg (326 lb) (2014)[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventShot put
Coached byDup de Preeze
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  South Africa
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech Shot put
Silver medal – second place 2012 Porto Novo Shot put
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Nairobi Shot put
African Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Ouagadougou Shot put

Orazio Cremona (born 1 July 1989) is a South African athlete specialising in the shot put.[3] He finished seventh at the 2014 World Indoor Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 21.12 metres outdoors (Potchefstroom 2017) and 20.49 metres indoors (Sopot 2014).

Competition record[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  South Africa
2007 African Junior Championships Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 2nd Shot put (6 kg) 17.66 m
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 19th (q) Shot put (6 kg) 18.28 m
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 3rd Shot put 18.27 m
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 2nd Shot put 19.19 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 15th (q) Shot put 19.42 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 7th Shot put 20.49 m
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 4th Shot put 20.13 m
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 1st Shot put 19.84 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 27th (q) Shot put 18.63 m
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 5th Shot put 19.15 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 23rd (q) Shot put 19.81 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 6th Shot put 20.51 m
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 5th Shot put 20.06 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 24th (q) Shot put 19.98 m

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