Aauri Bokesa

Aauri Bokesa
Personal information
Aauri Bokesa in 2018
Full name	Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 35) Madrid, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Athletics
Event	400m

Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia (born 14 December 1988 in Madrid) is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she was 6th in Round 1 with a time of 53.67.^[1]^[2] At the 2016 Olympics, she was 6th again in her first round heat, in a time of 53.51.^[3] Bokesa also plays basketball for the women's counterpart of CB Estudiantes.^[4]

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Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Spain
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	6th (S)	400 m	54.25
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	11th (h)	400 m	56.05
2010	Ibero-American Championships	San Fernando, Spain	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.49
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	15th	400 m	54.09
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	400 m	52.47
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.00
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	6th (h)	400 m	53.67
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th (h)	400 m	53.61
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	17th	400 m	51.94
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	8th	400 m	52.39
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	16th (h)	400 m	53.80
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	38th (h)	400 m	52.98
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	10th	400 m	52.39
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	14th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.57
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th (h)	400 m	53.51
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	15th	400 m	53.80
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.54
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.18
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	23rd (h)	400 m	53.45
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	31st (h)	400 m	53.64
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	6th	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	3:19.65
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	21st (sf)	400 m	51.57
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	9th (h)	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	3:09.14
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.87
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.70

Personal life

Bokesa's parents are from Basacato del Este, Bioko Norte Province, Equatorial Guinea.^[5]

References

^ "Aauri Lorena Bokesa". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aauri Bokesa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Full name: Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia
^ "Aauri Lorena Bokesa". IAAF.org. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^ "Aauri Bokesa: "Se ha cumplido mi sueño"". CB Estudiantes (in Spanish). 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ "Aauri Bokessa, talento español con sangre guineana". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2012.

External links

Aauri Bokesa at World Athletics
Aauri Bokesa at European Athletics
Aauri Bokesa at Olympedia
Aauri Bokesa at Olympics.com
Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
Aauri Bokesa on Facebook

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