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Yemisi Mabry

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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
EventShot 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 place 2024 Paris Shot put
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Glasgow Shot put
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome Shot put
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2025 Apeldoorn Shot put
European Throwing Cup
Silver medal – second place 2023 Leiria Shot put
Updated on 13 June 2024

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.

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
# Mark Pl. Competition Venue Date Ref.
1 12.50 m 13th German U20 Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, Germany 15 Feb 2014 [16]
2 13.23 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Coupe de L'amitié Sarreguemines, France 28 May 2014 [17]
3 13.73 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nationales Hallensportfest der LG Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany 9 Jan 2016 [18]
4 13.81 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Baden-Württembergische Hallenmeisterschaften Karlsruhe, Germany 22 Jan 2016 [19]
5 14.08 m 4th Süddeutsche Hallenmeisterschaften, Glaspalast Sindelfingen, Germany 29 Jan 2016 [20]
6 14.34 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mannheim, Germany 28 Jan 2017 [21]
7 14.77 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mannheim, Germany 10 Feb 2017 [22]
8 15.23 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) German U20 Indoor Championships Sindelfingen, Germany 25 Feb 2017 [23]
9 15.43 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) France-Germany-Italy U20 Indoor Match Halle, Germany 3 Mar 2017 [24]
10 15.65 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mannheim, Germany 21 Apr 2017 [25]
11 16.04 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heilbronn, Germany 27 May 2017 [26]
12 16.50 m 6th Hallesche Werfertage, Sportzentrum Brandberge Halle, Germany 25 May 2018 [27]
13 16.63 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Süddeutsche Meisterschaften Aktive / U18 St. Wendel, Germany 29 Jun 2019 [28]
14 17.06 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Abendsportfest Mannheim, Germany 3 Jul 2019 [29]
15 17.34 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) MTG Wurfmeeting Mannheim, Germany 14 Jul 2020 [30]
16 17.36 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wurf-Gala U23 Halle, Germany 14 Aug 2020 [31]
17 17.65 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Renault Schmid Werfertag 2021 Teil 2 Bad Boll, Germany 8 May 2021 [32]
18 18.13 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) German Athletics Championships Braunschweig, Germany 4 Jun 2021 [33]
19 18.14 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) LO Kugelstoßen im Kurpark Bad Liebenzell Bad Liebenzell, Germany 12 Jul 2022 [34]
20 18.20 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Deutsche Hochschulmeisterschaft Darmstadt, Germany 18 May 2023
21 18.53 m 5th HALPLUS Werfertage Halle, Germany 20 May 2023
22 19.31 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) 58th International Pentecost Sport Meeting Rehlingen, Germany 28 May 2023
23 19.44 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Qualification) World Athletics Championships Budapest, Hungary 25 Aug 2023 [35]
24 19.57 m 1st place, gold medalist(s) Nordhausen-Indoor Kugelstoßen Nordhausen, Germany 27 Jan 2024 [36]
25 20.19 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s) World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 1 Mar 2024

References

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  1. ^ "Yemisi Mabry". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d Yemisi Mabry at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.
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