![]() Aauri Bokesa in 2018 | |
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Full name | Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 14 December 1988
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
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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]
Bokesa's parents are from Basacato del Este, Bioko Norte Province, Equatorial Guinea.[5]