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Malaika Mihambo (German: [maˈlaɪ̯ka miːˈhamboː] (listen); born 3 February 1994) is a German athlete and the current Olympic and world champion in long jump.

Malaika Mihambo

Mihambo with the box of her world champion gold medal in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1994-02-03) 3 February 1994 (age 28)[1] Heidelberg, Germany[1][2]
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump
Coached by	Ulrich Knapp[3] Ralf Weber (until 2019/Doha)[4]
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Long jump World Championships 2022 Eugene Long jump 2019 Doha Long jump European Championships 2018 Berlin Long jump 2022 Munich Long jump 2016 Amsterdam Long jump European Indoor Championships 2021 Toruń Long jump European U23 Championships 2015 Tallinn Long jump European Junior Championships 2013 Rieti Long jump

Career

Mihambo's athletic career began around 2009, when at the age of 15 she became the German under-16 champion with the heptathlon team as well as setting a best performance with the 4x100 meters relay team that lasted until 2018.[5] In the long jump she finished ninth at the 2011 World Youth Championships, then competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships and the 2013 World Championships, without reaching the final. She also won the gold medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships, and finished fourth at the 2014 European Championships.

Her first senior major event Mihambo won at the 2014 European Team Championships, setting the new championship record with a jump of 6.90 meters. In 2015, she won the gold medal at the European U23 Championships and finished sixth at the World Championships. She narrowly missed a medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth, but won the bronze medal at the 2016 European Athletics Championships. Then a serious foot injury ruined her preparations for the 2017 World Championships. After difficult months with an uncertain sporting future the injury was overcome,[6] and she finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships.

With the gold medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, Mihambo's star began to rise into the world's top long jump. In 2019, she had her most successful season so far with a series of jumps over 7 meters.[7][8] She won the IAAF Diamond League and became world champion for the first time. In 2021 Mihambo crowned Olympic champion at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a jump of 7.00 meters,[9] beating Brittney Reese and Ese Brume, both with 6.97 meters. Mihambo experienced the preliminary highlight of her career as the first European to become world champion in the long jump at least twice in a row – at the 2022 World Athletics Championships she defended her world title from 2019 with a SB of 7.12 meters and won the gold medal again. This also makes her the first long jumper ever to win at the world's most important track and field competitions four times in consecutive years.[10] The streak came to an end during the 2022 European Championships - ailing in health but with a huge support of the home crowd, Mihambo managed a 7.03m leap to finish silver, while Ivana Vuleta (SRB) became the new European champion with 3cm more; Jazmin Sawyers (representing England) won the bronze medal (6.80m).

Mihambo's personal best in the long jump is 7.30 meters, achieved on October 6 at the 2019 World Championships in Doha; since then, this distance has not been surpassed by any female jumper. The foundations of their success are essentially due to a kind of symbiotic interaction with physics and sports teacher Ralf Weber, who had been accompanying her as a coach since she was ten years old. Both developed their extensive skills together by supporting each other within a manageably small family environment, as well as permanently incorporating international experience into their training. The club she represents is the LG (Track and Field Community) Kurpfalz.[11]

Personal life

Her mother Petra Mihambo-Fichtner is German and her father is Tanzanian; she grew up and went to school in the municipality of Oftersheim.[12] Mihambo studied political science at the University of Mannheim on a sports scholarship, graduating in 2016.[13] Since April 2019, she has been studying in the postgraduate master's program in environmental sciences at the University of Hagen and is involved in a social project for children.[14][15] On December 15, 2020, Mihambo was named “Germany's Sportswoman of the Year“ for the third time in a row; a world best of 7.03 meters on the athletic level was followed by special recognition for her social commitment to helping children and families get into athletics on the one hand and social contacts on the other.[16][17]

Major competitive record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Germany
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	9th	Long jump	5.81 m
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	14th (q)	Long jump	6.15 m
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	1st	Long jump	6.70 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	18th (q)	Long jump	6.49 m
2014	European Team Championships	Braunschweig, Germany	1st	Long jump	6.90 m, CR
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	4th	Long jump	6.65 m
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	Long jump	6.73 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	6th	Long jump	6.79 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	3rd	Long jump	6.65 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	Long jump	6.95 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	Long jump	6.64 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st	Long jump	6.75 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	Long jump	6.83 m
	European Team Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	Long jump	7.11 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	Long jump	7.30 m, WL
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	2nd	Long jump	6.88 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Long jump	7.00 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	1st	Long jump	7.12 m
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	Long jump	7.03 m

References

External links

• Malaika Mihambo at World Athletics
• Malaika Mihambo - Results – TheSports.org. Retrieved July 25, 2022.

Awards
Preceded by Angelique Kerber	German Sportswoman of the Year 2019	Succeeded by Incumbent

На других языках

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[de] Malaika Mihambo

Malaika Mihambo (* 3. Februar 1994 in Heidelberg[1]) ist eine deutsche Leichtathletin. Neben ihrer Schwerpunktdisziplin Weitsprung geht sie auch im Sprint an den Start. Im Weitsprung wurde sie 2019 und 2022[2] Weltmeisterin und 2021 Olympiasiegerin.

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- [en] Malaika Mihambo

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[es] Malaika Mihambo

Malaika Mihambo (Heidelberg, 3 de febrero de 1994) es una deportista alemana que compite en atletismo, especialista en la prueba de salto de longitud.[1]

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[it] Malaika Mihambo

Malaika Mihambo (Heidelberg, 3 febbraio 1994) è una lunghista tedesca, campionessa olimpica a Tokyo 2020 e campionessa mondiale a Doha 2019.

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[ru] Михамбо, Малайка

Малайка Михамбо (нем. Malaika Mihambo, род. 3 февраля 1994[2][3][1], Гейдельберг, Баден-Вюртемберг[1]) — немецкая прыгунья в длину, олимпийская чемпионка 2020 года, двукратная чемпионка мира (2019, 2022), чемпионка Европы 2018 года. Участница летних Олимпийских игр 2016 года. Шестикратная чемпионка Германии (2016[4], 2018—2022). Пятикратная чемпионка Германии в помещении (2018—2022).

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