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Orazio Cremona

Personal information
Born	(1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 35) Johannesburg, South Africa
Education	Monash South Africa
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	148 kg (326 lb) (2014)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Coached by	Dup de Preeze
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  South Africa African Championships 2014 Marrakech Shot put 2012 Porto Novo Shot put 2010 Nairobi Shot put African Junior Championships 2007 Ouagadougou Shot put

Orazio Cremona (born 1 July 1989) is a South African athlete specialising in the shot put. He finished seventh at the 2014 World Indoor Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 21.12 metres outdoors (Potchefstroom 2017) and 20.49 metres indoors (Sopot 2014).

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Africa
2007	African Junior Championships	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	2nd	Shot put (6 kg)	17.66 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19th (q)	Shot put (6 kg)	18.28 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	3rd	Shot put	18.27 m
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	2nd	Shot put	19.19 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	15th (q)	Shot put	19.42 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	7th	Shot put	20.49 m
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	Shot put	20.13 m
	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	1st	Shot put	19.84 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	27th (q)	Shot put	18.63 m
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	5th	Shot put	19.15 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	23rd (q)	Shot put	19.81 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	6th	Shot put	20.51 m
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	5th	Shot put	20.06 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	24th (q)	Shot put	19.98 m

References

1. 2018 CWG bio
2. ^ 2014 CWG profile
3. Orazio Cremona at World Athletics

External links

• Orazio Cremona at World Athletics
• Orazio Cremona at Diamond League
• Orazio Cremona at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

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