# Emmanuel Ngom Priso

Emmanuel Edouard Etienne Ngom Priso (born 15 December 1984) is a Cameroonian-born French naturalized athlete specialising in the sprinting events. Most of his successes came in the 4 x 100 metres relay. On February 20, 2009, he became French indoor champion in the 60m in 6.63, ahead of Christophe Lemaitre.
He is also a former cameroonian football player (Nkongsamba), and a french Sevens and XIV rugby player, and practices bobsleigh at a high level.

## Competition record

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Cameroon ||||||
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 28th (h) | 100 m | 10.74 (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 34th (h) | 200 m | 21.81 (wind: +1.5 m/s) |
| 2003 | African Junior Championships | Garoua, Cameroon | 1st | 100 m | 10.50 (w) |
| 2003 | African Junior Championships | Garoua, Cameroon | 9th (h) | 200 m | 21.88 |
| 2003 | All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 14th (sf) | 100 m | 10.57 |
| 2003 | All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.94 |
| 2004 | African Championships | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 14th (sf) | 100 m | 10.80 |
| 2004 | African Championships | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.87 |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 22nd (qf) | 100 m | 10.66 |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.23 |
| Representing France ||||||
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 8th | 100 m | 10.47 |
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.49 |
| 2009 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Beirut, Lebanon | 7th | 100 m | 10.45 |
| 2009 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Beirut, Lebanon | 7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.73 |

## Personal bests

Outdoor
* 100 metres – 10.28 (+1.9 m/s) (Tomblaine 2006)
* 200 metres – 21.21 (-0.8 m.s) (Eaubonne 2007)
Indoor
* 60 metres – 6.63 (Liévin 2009)
* 200 metres – 21.16 (Eaubonne 2007)

## Rugby

He started at Pont-de-l'Arche club, where he took part in the team's rise three consecutive seasons, until reaching Honor. At the same time, he joined the French army's rugby sevens team (combined arms team), as well as the air force rugby union team. He is also in demand by the national French rugby 7 team with whom he carries out numerous training sessions.
He was then enrolled in Petit-Couronne's club, the XV Couronnais in Haute-Normandie, and participated in the team's rise to federal 3.
The positions he occupies are that of Center and winger in rugby union as well as in rugby sevens.

## Bobsleigh

In 2017, he joined a newly created Reims bobsleigh team, with a view to qualifying as team 3 of France for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, from February 9 to 25, 2018, alongside four other french athletes: Thibault Godefroy (pilot), Jérémy Baillard (pusher), Jason Aguemon (American football), and Alan Alais (athletics) and David Baechler, the team manager.
In 2020, with weightlifter David Baechler, the team manager and Jérémy Baillard (pusher), he participated in the preparation of their team with a view to participating in the French Pushing Cup as well as the French Cup. Europe then to the 2022 Winter Olympics.

## In Cameroun

He is the third son of His Majesty Emmanuel Richard Blaise Priso Ngom Priso nu Loa Mbasé, Commander of the Cameroonian Order of Merit, Knight and Officer in the National Order of Valor, Superior Chief of Bankon (Abo-north canton), died on April 10, 2018, and the brother of His Majesty Patrice Ngom Priso, current Superior Chief of Bankons Abo-Nord, in the Littoral Region, Cameroon.
In 2020, he founded a 1990's law association, the A.S.C.B.B., Bankon-Barombi Sports and Cultural Association, whose headquarters is in Bonalea. This association aims to promote the Bankon sports movement, but also to promote Bankon and Barombi culture. In this capacity, he founded - and chairs - a sports club whose football team plays in the Littoral regional fecafoot league, "les Etoiles Bankon Barombi".

## Family

Former Air Force rifle commando, Emmanuel Ngom Priso is the father of four children: Daniel, Evan, Kory, Jalane.