Manuela Montebrun


Manuela Montebrun is a retired, female hammer thrower from France. She is an Olympic bronze medallist and two-time World Championship bronze medallist.

Career

Born in Laval, Mayenne, Montebrun won two back-to-back World Championship bronze medals in 2003 and 2005. She had finished fourth in the final of the 2005 World Championships, but was belatedly awarded the bronze medal in 2013 when the 2005 World Championships gold medallist Olga Kuzenkova was stripped of her gold medal for doping.
Montebrun's outdoor, personal best throw is 74.66 metres, achieved on 11 July 2005 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Montebrun retired from athletics in June 2012.
Originally fifth in the 2008 Olympic final, Montebrun was promoted to the bronze medal position in 2016, after the drugs disqualifications of Aksana Miankova and Darya Pchelnik.

Results in international competitions

Note: Only the position and distance in the final are indicated, unless otherwise stated. If the athlete did not qualify for the final, the overall position and distance in the qualification round are indicated.