Malaika Mihambo

Malaika Mihambo (German: [maˈlaɪ̯ka miːˈhamboː] (listen); born 3 February 1994 in the city of Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg) is a German athlete, and the current Olympic, world and European champion in long jump.

Malaika Mihambo
Mihambo with the box of her world champion gold medal in 2019
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1994-02-03) 3 February 1994[1]
Heidelberg, Germany[1][2]
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Germany
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long jump
Coached byUlrich Knapp[3]
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoLong jump
World Championships
2019 DohaLong jump
European Championships
2018 BerlinLong jump
2016 AmsterdamLong jump
European Indoor Championships
2021 ToruńLong jump
European U23 Championships
2015 TallinnLong jump
European Junior Championships
2013 RietiLong jump

Career

Mihambo 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.[4] She also won the gold medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships, and finished fourth at the 2014 European Championships. She won her first senior major event at the 2014 European Team Championships, setting the new championship record with a jump of 6.90 metres. 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. In 2018, she finished fifth at the World Indoor Championships and became European champion. Mihambo won the IAAF Diamond League and became world champion in 2019. In 2021, she won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a jump of 7.00 metres, beating Brittney Reese and Ese Brume narrowly by 3 cm.

Her personal best in long jump is 7.30 metres, achieved in Doha on 6 October 2019. She represents the club LG Kurpfalz.

Personal life

Her mother is German and her father is Tanzanian.[5] She studied political science at the University of Mannheim.[6]

Major competitive record
Mihambo at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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 w
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

References
  1. "Malaika Mihambo". Team Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. Christian Beister: „Mein Traum ist es, im Finale zu springen“. In: Schwetzinger Zeitung, 9 August 2013, p. 28.
  3. "Malaika Mihambo trainiert jetzt in Saarbrücken". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  4. Malaika Mihambo at World Athletics
  5. Wolfgang Scheerer: „ Toleranz, Teamgeist, Erfolg“ In: Südwest Presse, 28 August 2015.
  6. Malaika Mihambo ist „Sportstipendiatin des Jahres“ 2014 Archived 12 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine In: uni-mannheim.de, 12 September 2014
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