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{{Short description|Cameroonian-born track and field athlete}}
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{{MedalTableTop|nation=CMR|sport=Women's [[sport of athletics|athletics]]|medals=
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]]|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|2003 Paris]]|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|Triple jump]]}} 
}}

'''Françoise Mbango Etone''' (born 14 April 1976 in [[Yaoundé]]) is a [[Cameroon]]ian-born female former [[track and field]] athlete. She has competed internationally for [[France]] since 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Transfers of Allegiance |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/transfer/index.html |publisher=IAAF |date=19 November 2010 |access-date=21 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328025049/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/transfer/index.html |archive-date=28 March 2010 }}</ref> While competing for Cameroon, Etone was a 2-time Olympic gold medalist in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump|triple jump]] at the [[2004 Olympic Games]] in [[Athens, Greece]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic Games]] in [[Beijing|Beijing, China]]. She held the [[Olympic records in athletics|Olympic record]] for triple jump which she set with a distance of 15.39 m at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Olympics]] in 2008.  The 15.39 m is the third longest women's triple jump in history under any conditions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/wtripleok.htm|title = Women's triple jump}}</ref> Only 25 women have ever jumped 15 metres, Etone jumped beyond 15 metres on 7 of her last 11 attempts in the Olympic final alone.

Etone was also a talented long jumper who finished second at the [[African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] in 1999. Etone was the first female athlete representing Cameroon to win medals at the [[Commonwealth Games]], [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] and [[Olympic Games]]. She has been a scholarship holder with the [[Olympic Solidarity]] program since November 2002.

During the 2005–06 academic year, she lived in New York City on a scholarship to attend [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]] in [[Queens|Queens, New York]].  The scholarship was made possible through the collaboration of the American electricity company AES Sonel along with US Ambassador to Cameroon, Niels Marquardt.  She selected St. John's University for study (along with her younger sister, Berthe) because of the school's support of cultural programs in Cameroon.

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{CMR}}
|-
|1996
|[[1996 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Yaoundé]], Cameroon
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|Triple jump
|12.51 m
|-
|rowspan=3|1998
|[[1998 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Dakar]], Senegal
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump
|13.80 m
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]]
|10th
|Long jump
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's long jump|6.11 m]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's triple jump|13.95 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|13th (q)
|Triple jump
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|14.12 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Johannesburg]], South Africa
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Long jump
|[[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Women's long jump|6.55 m]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Triple jump
|[[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Women's triple jump|14.70 m]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2000
|rowspan=2|[[2000 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Algiers]], Algeria
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay
|46.97
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Triple jump
|13.87 m
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|24th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|45.82]]
|-
|10th
|Triple jump
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump|13.53 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie|Jeux de la Francophonie]]
|rowspan=2|[[Ottawa]], Canada
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Long jump
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results#Long jump 2|6.37 m]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results#Triple jump 2|14.56 m]]
|-
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Edmonton]], Canada
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|14.60 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2002
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Manchester, United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's triple jump|14.82 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2002 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Radès]], Tunisia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Long jump
|[[2002 African Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump|6.68 m]] (w)
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Triple jump
|[[2002 African Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|14.95 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham, United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump|14.88 m]]
|-
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|Paris, France
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Triple jump
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|15.05 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|6th
|Triple jump
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump|14.62 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Triple jump
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump|15.30 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Triple jump
|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump|14.76 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|Beijing, China
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Triple jump
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's triple jump|15.39 m]]
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}}
|-
|2012
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|8th
|Triple jump
|[[2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump|14.19 m]]
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|francoise-mbango-etone}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|mb/francoise-mbango-1|Françoise Mbango}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cameroonian female triple jumpers]]
[[Category:French female triple jumpers]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Cameroon]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Cameroon]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Cameroon]]
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics]]
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[[Category:African Games gold medalists for Cameroon]]
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:Cameroonian emigrants to France]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Yaoundé]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
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[[Category:French Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:21st-century French sportswomen]]
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