| Intro | Gabonese athletics competitor |
| Is |
Athlete Shot putter |
| From | Gabon |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
22 February 1959 |
| Age | 61 years |
| Star sign | Pisces |
Odette Mistoul (married Kingbou; born 22 February 1959) is a Gabonese former track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. She represented her country at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, coming 13th in the final. She was her nation’s Olympic flag bearer that year. She won the first three gold medals in women’s shot put at the African Championships in Athletics from 1979 to 1984.
She participated at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics and was a finalist at the 1979 IAAF World Cup. In other competitions, she was twice winner at the Central African Athletics Championships and took bronze at the 1985 African Championships in Athletics.
Her personal bests of 15.51 m (50 ft 10 1⁄2 in) for the shot put and 36.31 m (119 ft 1 1⁄2 in) for the discus throw remain the Gabonese records for the disciplines.
After retirement from athletics, she remained involved in the sport and stood as a candidate for the women’s committee for the International Association of Athletics Federations.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Central African Athletics Championships | Libreville, Gabon | 1st | Shot put | 12.44 m |
| 1979 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | 1st | Shot put | 13.45 m CR |
| IAAF World Cup | Montreal, Canada | 8th | Shot put | 13.71 m | |
| 1980 | Central African Athletics Championships | Brazzaville, Congo | 1st | Shot put | 13.80 m |
| 1982 | African Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | Shot put | 14.21 m CR |
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 10th (q) | Shot put | 14.23 m |
| 1984 | African Championships | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Shot put | 15.51 m CR |
| Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 13th | Shot put | 14.59 m | |
| 1985 | African Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 3rd | Shot put | 14.54 m |