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Yemisi Mabry

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Yemisi Mabry (née Ogunleye born 3 October 1998) is a German shot putter. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2024 Paris Olympics with 20.00 metres in the final round. She also won the silver medal at the 2024 World Indoor Championships and the 2025 European Indoor Championships, and the bronze medal at the 2024 European Championships.

Yemisi Mabry[1]
Competing in 2022
Personal information
Nationality Germany
BornYemisi Ogunleye
(1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 27)[2]
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight67 kg (148 lb)[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Shot put
ClubMTG Mannheim[2]
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bestSP:
20.19m (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisShot put
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 GlasgowShot put
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 RomeShot put
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 ApeldoornShot put
European Throwing Cup
Silver medal – second place2023 LeiriaShot put
Updated on 13 June 2024

Early life

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Yemisi Ogunleye was born in Germersheim, Germany and grew up in the village of Bellheim.[3][4] She has a German mother and a Yoruba Nigerian father.[3]

Career

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As Yemisi Ogunleye she trained with the club MTG Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany.[3] She finished 10th at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. At the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Ogunleye led the field after the first throw, and despite only throwing one more valid attempt she won the silver medal.[5] In June, she won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome with a best mark of 18.62 metres.[6] In August, she won the gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, taking the lead with her final throw of the competition, a personal best 20.00 metres which put ahead of New Zealand's Maddison-Lee Wesche, who herself had thrown a personal best of 19.86 m.[7]

Having set a new personal best at the 2025 German Indoor Championships,[8] in March 2025, she won the silver medal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, behind Jessica Schilder.[9] In June, she was also runner-up to Schilder at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid. [10] She went on to represent Germany at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she placed sixth in the final.[11]

In March 2026, she set a personal best 20.37 metres to win the German Indoor Championships in Dortmund.[8] Later that month, she placed fifth at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń.[12] In May 2026, she competed as Yemisi Mabry at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League, throwing 18.55 m.[13][14]

Personal life

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Ogunleye is a gospel singer.[5] She is married to American football player Tyler Mabry.[15]

Statistics

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Personal best progression

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Shot Put progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef.
112.50 m13thGerman U20 Indoor ChampionshipsSindelfingen, Germany15 Feb 2014[16]
213.23 m2nd place, silver medalist(s)Coupe de L'amitiéSarreguemines, France28 May 2014[17]
313.73 m2nd place, silver medalist(s)Nationales Hallensportfest der LG Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany9 Jan 2016[18]
413.81 m3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Baden-Württembergische HallenmeisterschaftenKarlsruhe, Germany22 Jan 2016[19]
514.08 m4thSüddeutsche Hallenmeisterschaften, GlaspalastSindelfingen, Germany29 Jan 2016[20]
614.34 m1st place, gold medalist(s)Mannheim, Germany28 Jan 2017[21]
714.77 m1st place, gold medalist(s)Mannheim, Germany10 Feb 2017[22]
815.23 m3rd place, bronze medalist(s)German U20 Indoor ChampionshipsSindelfingen, Germany25 Feb 2017[23]
915.43 m1st place, gold medalist(s)France-Germany-Italy U20 Indoor MatchHalle, Germany3 Mar 2017[24]
1015.65 m1st place, gold medalist(s)Mannheim, Germany21 Apr 2017[25]
1116.04 m3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Heilbronn, Germany27 May 2017[26]
1216.50 m6thHallesche Werfertage, Sportzentrum BrandbergeHalle, Germany25 May 2018[27]
1316.63 m2nd place, silver medalist(s)Süddeutsche Meisterschaften Aktive / U18St. Wendel, Germany29 Jun 2019[28]
1417.06 m1st place, gold medalist(s)AbendsportfestMannheim, Germany3 Jul 2019[29]
1517.34 m1st place, gold medalist(s)MTG WurfmeetingMannheim, Germany14 Jul 2020[30]
1617.36 m2nd place, silver medalist(s)Wurf-Gala U23Halle, Germany14 Aug 2020[31]
1717.65 m2nd place, silver medalist(s)Renault Schmid Werfertag 2021 Teil 2Bad Boll, Germany8 May 2021[32]
1818.13 m3rd place, bronze medalist(s)German Athletics ChampionshipsBraunschweig, Germany4 Jun 2021[33]
1918.14 m1st place, gold medalist(s)LO Kugelstoßen im Kurpark Bad LiebenzellBad Liebenzell, Germany12 Jul 2022[34]
2018.20 m1st place, gold medalist(s)Deutsche HochschulmeisterschaftDarmstadt, Germany18 May 2023
2118.53 m5thHALPLUS WerfertageHalle, Germany20 May 2023
2219.31 m1st place, gold medalist(s)58th International Pentecost Sport MeetingRehlingen, Germany28 May 2023
2319.44 m3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Qualification)World Athletics ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary25 Aug 2023[35]
2419.57 m1st place, gold medalist(s)Nordhausen-Indoor KugelstoßenNordhausen, Germany27 Jan 2024[36]
2520.19 m2nd place, silver medalist(s)World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, Scotland1 Mar 2024

References

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  1. ↑ "Yemisi Mabry". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Yemisi Mabry at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  3. 1 2 3 Sport, S. W. R. (6 December 2023). "Yemisi Ogunleye: Vom Mobbing-Opfer zur starken Persönlichkeit". swr.online (in German). Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Leichtathletik: Yemisis Kugel fliiiiiieeegt - Sport". www.rheinpfalz.de (in German). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Mitton wins Glasgow's first gold with shot put triumph | News | Glasgow 24 | World Athletics Indoor Championships". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Ogunleye gets shot put gold with her final throw in Paris". World Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 O'Femi Fasetire, Sam (2 March 2026). "Yemisi Ogunleye Causes Major Stir With Personal Best In Shot". Sports247.ng. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Results - Shanghai Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  14. ↑ Trapnell, Jasmine (22 May 2026). "Mihambo and Stahl amongst stars in action at Rehlingen meet". European Athletics. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Shot put Olympic champion Yemisi Ogunleye marries NFL star". MSN. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  16. ↑ Yemisi Mabry at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  17. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12851446". Tilastopaja.
  18. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12867073". Tilastopaja.
  19. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12867748". Tilastopaja.
  20. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12869433". Tilastopaja.
  21. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12885382". Tilastopaja.
  22. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12888779". Tilastopaja.
  23. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12889282". Tilastopaja.
  24. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12889589". Tilastopaja.
  25. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12892605". Tilastopaja.
  26. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12894394". Tilastopaja.
  27. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12907620". Tilastopaja.
  28. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12932512". Tilastopaja.
  29. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12932856". Tilastopaja.
  30. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12966870". Tilastopaja.
  31. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12969160". Tilastopaja.
  32. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12984348". Tilastopaja.
  33. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #12988100". Tilastopaja.
  34. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #13018688". Tilastopaja.
  35. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #13046619". Tilastopaja.
  36. ↑ "Athletics recap for meeting #13053953". Tilastopaja.
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