Career
She has competed internationally for France since 2010. While competing for Cameroon, Etone was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with an Olympic record distance of 15.39m at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
She is also a talented long jumper who finished second at the African Championships in 1999 (655 m).
She has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since November 2002. During the 2005-2006 academic year, she lived in New York City on a scholarship to attend Saint John"s University in Queens.
The scholarship was made possible through the collaboration of the American electricity company Advanced Encryption Standard Sonel along with United States Ambassador to Cameroon, Niels Marquardt.