Aauri Bokesa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bokesa and the second or maternal family name is Abia.

Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia (born 14 December 1988) 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]

Aauri Bokesa

Bokesa in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Aauri Lorena Bokesa Abia
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 36) Madrid, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	Athletics
Event	400m

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
			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
			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
	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
	World Championships	Beijing, China	38th (h)	400 m	52.98
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	10th	400 m	52.39
			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
	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
			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
	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]