Mario Smith (2009 - 2012)
Neil Cornelius (2015 - 2018)
Achievements and titles
Personal best
8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in) (2017)
Medal record
Representing South Africa
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Long jump
World Championships
2017 London
Long jump
World Indoor Championships
2018 Birmingham
Long jump
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast
Long jump
World Junior Championships
2010 Moncton
Long jump
African Games
2011 Maputo
Long jump
African Championships
2016 Durban
Long jump
2018 Asaba
Long Jump
Luvo Manyonga (born 8 January 1991) is a South African track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. He won the 2017 World Championship in London and the 2018 Commonwealth Games title in the Gold Coast, Australia. He was the Olympic silver medallist in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
Manyonga was world junior champion in 2010, and the African Games champion in 2011. He competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, placing fifth. He was the runner-up at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics.
During his career, Manyonga has been served with two doping bans. His second ban was issued in June 2021 when he was given a four-year ban following failure to provide anti-doping officials with sufficient information to complete drug testing. The ban will last until December 2024.[2]
He holds a personal best of 8.65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in), set in 2017 in Potchefstroom.
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LuvoManyonga (born 8 January 1991) is a South African track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. He won the 2017 World Championship in...
Nation Mark (m) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Africa (records) 8.65[A] +1.3 LuvoManyonga South Africa 7.17 +1.1 Ese Brume Nigeria Asia (records) 8.48 +0.6...
of 8.29 m in the final round, behind Jeff Henderson who won gold and LuvoManyonga who won silver. He expressed his disappointment afterwards at not having...
El Bakkali (MAR) Simon Kiprop Koech (KEN) Long jump LuvoManyonga (RSA) (1/2) LuvoManyonga (RSA) (2/2) Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB) — Thobias Montler (SWE)...
bronze over Japan in the men's tournament. Among the medalists were LuvoManyonga, who overcame drug addiction to achieve a runner-up finish in the men's...
the 2016 Olympic champion Jeff Henderson and the 2017 World Champion LuvoManyonga. His 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in) jump put him at number 10 in the IAAF all-time...
United States 2016 Rio de Janeiro details Jeff Henderson United States LuvoManyonga South Africa Greg Rutherford Great Britain 2020 Tokyo details Miltiadis...
Brits 18 August 1995 Cologne, Germany Long jump 8.65 m A (+1.3 m/s) LuvoManyonga 22 April 2017 South African Championships Potchefstroom, South Africa...
Duplantis Sweden 27 April 2024 2024 Long jump 8.61 m (+0.7 m/s) DLR LuvoManyonga South Africa 13 May 2017 Triple Jump 17.24 m (+0.7 m/s) Phillips Idowu...
States 5.85 m Long jump details Jeff Henderson United States 8.38 m LuvoManyonga South Africa 8.37 m Greg Rutherford Great Britain 8.29 m Triple jump...
Feyisa Lilesa 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's marathon Silver LuvoManyonga 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Men's long jump Silver Julius Yego 2016...
Africa 18 August 1995 Cologne, Germany Long jump 8.65 m A (+1.3 m/s) LuvoManyonga South Africa 22 April 2017 South African Championships Potchefstroom...
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