| Yemisi Ogunleye | |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1998 |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Shot put |
| Pb: | SP |
| Club: | MTG Mannheim |
| Height: | 183 cm |
| Weight: | 67 kg |
| Updated: | 13 June 2024 |
Yemisi 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 last round.
Ogunleye was born in Germersheim, Germany and grew up in the village of Bellheim.[1] [2] She has a German mother and a Yoruba Nigerian father.
Ogunleye trains with the club MTG Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany. 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.[3]
Ogunleye is a gospel singer.
| Mark | class=unsortable | ! | Competition | Venue | Date | class=unsortable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12.50 m | 13th | German U20 Indoor Championships | |||||
| 2 | 13.23 m | Coupe de L'amitié | ||||||
| 3 | 13.73 m | Nationales Hallensportfest der LG Eintracht Frankfurt | ||||||
| 4 | 13.81 m | Baden-Württembergische Hallenmeisterschaften | ||||||
| 5 | 14.08 m | 4th | Süddeutsche Hallenmeisterschaften, Glaspalast | |||||
| 6 | 14.34 m | |||||||
| 7 | 14.77 m | |||||||
| 8 | 15.23 m | German U20 Indoor Championships | ||||||
| 9 | 15.43 m | France-Germany-Italy U20 Indoor Match | ||||||
| 10 | 15.65 m | |||||||
| 11 | 16.04 m | |||||||
| 12 | 16.50 m | 6th | Hallesche Werfertage, Sportzentrum Brandberge | |||||
| 13 | 16.63 m | Süddeutsche Meisterschaften Aktive / U18 | ||||||
| 14 | 17.06 m | Abendsportfest | ||||||
| 15 | 17.34 m | MTG Wurfmeeting | ||||||
| 16 | 17.36 m | Wurf-Gala U23 | ||||||
| 17 | 17.65 m | Renault Schmid Werfertag 2021 Teil 2 | ||||||
| 18 | 18.13 m | |||||||
| 19 | 18.14 m | LO Kugelstoßen im Kurpark Bad Liebenzell | ||||||
| 20 | 18.20 m | Deutsche Hochschulmeisterschaft | ||||||
| 21 | 18.53 m | 5th | HALPLUS Werfertage | |||||
| 22 | 19.31 m | 58th International Pentecost Sport Meeting | ||||||
| 23 | 19.44 m | |||||||
| 24 | 19.57 m | Nordhausen-Indoor Kugelstoßen | ||||||
| 25 | 20.19 m | |||||||