Caroline Fournier

Caroline Fournier (born 7 May 1975) is a retired Mauritian athlete who competed in the discus and hammer throw.[1] She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney without reaching the final. She was a two-time African champion in the hammer throw and was also a gold medallist at the 1999 All-Africa Games. Fournier also was twice runner-up in the discus at the African Championships and once runner-up in the hammer.

She has personal bests of 51.54 metres in the discus and 62.06 metres in the hammer, both set in 1996. Both results are also standing Mauritian records.

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Mauritius
1994 Jeux de la Francophonie Bondoufle, France 14th Discus throw 40.42 m
World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 13th (q) Discus throw 47.16 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 30th (q) Discus throw 45.18 m
All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe 3rd Discus throw 45.12 m
1996 African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 2nd Discus throw 48.80 m
1997 Universiade Catania, Italy 7th Hammer throw 59.84 m
1998 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 2nd Discus throw 50.28 m
1st Hammer throw 54.29 m
Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 10th Discus throw 45.13 m
8th Hammer throw 59.02 m
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 1st Hammer throw 58.83 m
2000 African Championships Algiers, Algeria 1st Hammer throw 59.60 m
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 25th (q) Hammer throw 56.18 m
2001 Jeux de la Francophonie Ottawa, Canada 7th Hammer throw 54.09 m
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 10th Hammer throw 56.65 m
African Championships Radès, Tunisia 2nd Hammer throw 58.39 m

References
  1. Caroline Fournier at World Athletics


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