MIHAMBO Malaika

Date of Birth: 3 Feb 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: HEIDELBERG

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : OFTERSHEIM

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Long Jump	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump B	Women's Long Jump Qualification - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Women's Long Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Long Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4th (6.95)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Long Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	1st (7.30)
2015	Beijing, CHN	6th (6.79)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Qual. (6.49)

European Championships

Year	Location	Long Jump
2018	Berlin, GER	1st (6.75)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Long Jump
2021	1 x 1st, 3 x 2nd
2019	3 x 1st
2018	2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	Long Jump	Oslo, NOR	6.86
1	2019	Long Jump	Brussels, BEL	7.03
1	2019	Long Jump	London, GBR	7.02
1	2019	Long Jump	Rome, ITA	7.07
1	2018	Long Jump	Birmingham, GBR	6.96
1	2018	Long Jump	Lausanne, SUI	6.90
2	2021	Long Jump	Gateshead, GBR	6.65
2	2021	Long Jump	Stockholm, SWE	7.02
2	2021	Long Jump	Florence, ITA	6.82
2	2018	Long Jump	Stockholm, SWE	6.85

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	Long Jump	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	6.99
3	2018	Long Jump	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	6.63

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	Long Jump
2018	Birmingham, GBR	5th (6.64)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Mali (team-rio-mrn.de, 28 Nov 2014)

Going to the theatre, spending time with family and friends, playing the piano. (DLV Media Guide, 22 Aug 2015; sporthilfe.de, 01 Jul 2015; eurosport.de, 12 Aug 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Economics, Political Science - University of Mannheim, Germany

Languages spoken:

English, German

LG Kurpfalz [Germany]

Ralf Weber [personal], GER

In 2017 she injured a sesamoid bone [foot] falling on a flight of stairs and missed several months of training and competing. (rnz.de, 13 Aug 2018)

In early 2016 she suffered from inflammation of the patellar tendon of her knee. (Facebook page, 07 Apr 2016)

She took up athletics at age eight in Oftersheim, Germany, and began to focus on long jump at age 16. (team-rio-mrn.de, 28 Nov 2014; morgenweb.de, 16 Jul 2013)

As a child she tried ballet, gymnastics and judo, but after going on a holiday programme for athletics with the TSV Oftersheim club she discovered a passion for the sport. (lawm.sportschau.de, 28 Aug 2015; team-rio-mrn.de, 28 Nov 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (faz.net, 16 Feb 2019)

German long jumper Heike Drechsler. (fr.de, 13 Aug 2018)

Before a competition she paints her fingernails in the colours of Germany. (DLV Media Guide, 22 Aug 2015)

Philosophy:

"Dare to dream and believe in yourself!" (Instagram profile, 05 Mar 2020)

In 2019 she was named Female Athlete of the Year at the German Sports Personality of the Year awards. In 2019 she was also named Female Athlete of the Year by the German athletics magazine and website Leichtathletik. (t-online.de, 16 Dec 2019; leichtathletik.de, 15 Jan 2020 )

She was named 2014 Sport Fellow of the Year by the German Sports Aid Foundation. (sporthilfe.de, 11 Sep 2014)

She was named 2013 Youth Athlete of the Year in Germany. (leichtathletik.de, 21 Jan 2014)

General Interest

General
HOBBY SPRINTER
Although she is primarily a long jumper, she has competed in sprinting at national and international level, including a ninth-place finish in the 60m event at the indoor tour event in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2020. She has said she would like to compete in a sprint relay at the Olympic Games. "But that could be a bit difficult, due to the schedule as the sprint is always before the long jump. But running sprint relays is definitely an option if the opportunity arises, as I remain a hobby sprinter." (faz.net 23 Feb 2020; leichtathletik.de, 23 Feb 2020)

SPIRITUAL HOLIDAY
After winning gold in the long jump at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany, she went on holiday to India, and said the journey provided her with a sense of spiritual enlightenment. "I mediated 10 hours a day. This strengthened my mind, I was focused and I learnt things about myself. All the things that I learnt, I was able to apply to sport. It was the best vacation I've ever had." (news.de, 19 Dec 2019; faz.net, 16 Feb 2019)

HERITAGE
She was born to a Tanzanian father and German mother. (morgenweb.de, 16 Jul 2013)

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Malaika-Mihambo-578670618874335
https://instagram.com/mali.mihambo/?hl=en
Athlete Website: https://www.malaika-mihambo.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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