Malaika Mihambo

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 27)[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]
show Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Long jump World Championships 2019 Doha Long jump European Championships 2018 Berlin 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

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

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 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[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malaika Mihambo.

• Malaika Mihambo at World Athletics
• Malaika Mihambo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)