Maryse Luzolo
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Maryse Luzolo |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Born | 15 March 1995 Frankfurt |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event(s) | Long jump |
Maryse Luzolo (born 15 March 1995) is a German Olympic long jumper.
From Frankfurt where she was born and raised, she has parents from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She attended the Carl von Weinberg School in Frankfurt.[1]
Luzolo won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Athletics Championships and was the 2017 German U23 champion before suffering knee injuries from a hyperextension which severely hampered her career.[2]
She has been part of the German Armed Forces since 2016. In 2018 she began studying sports and geography at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. In December 2019 she won silver at the World Military Championship in Wuhan, China. It was her first international competition for two and a half years.[3]
She was part of the German Olympic long jump team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Maryse Luzolo - Die junge Instinktspringerin". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ "Long jumper Maryse Luzolo: Finally catch up on the future". www.dailynewsen.com. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
- ^ "Mit purer Freude in die Grube" (in German). 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "DOSB nominiert 90 Leichtathletinnen und Leichtathleten für die Olympischen Spiele in Tokio". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
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