V 2 N. 9 Luvo Manyonga World Long Jump Champ and Olympic Silver at Rio Coming Back After 4-Year Ban

  



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Former South African Long Jump World Champ and Olympic silver is coming back after a four year ban for failing to show for drug testing.  This inspiring story by Ben Bloom appeared in today's  The GPersonal bests


Personal Bests from Wikipedia

  • Long jump – 8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in) (2017)
  • Triple jump – 15.71 m (51 ft 6+1⁄2 in) (2010)

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2009African Junior ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius3rdLong jump7.49 m
2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada1stLong jump7.99 m
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea5thLong jump8.21 m
All-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambique1stLong jump8.02 m
2016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa2ndLong jump8.23 m w
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil2ndLong jump8.37 m
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom1stLong jump8.48 m
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom2ndLong jump8.44 m
Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia1stLong jump8.41 m
African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria2ndLong jump8.43 m
2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4thLong jump8.28 m

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