Born on : 3 February 1994
Country : Germany
Sport : Athlletics
Event(s) : Long Jump
Height : 1.71m (5ft 7 in)
Weight : 58 kg(128 lb)
Coached by : Ulrich Knapp
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. 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 meters. 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.
Malaika's Personal Life
Malaika's mother is German and her father is Tanzanian. She studied political science at the University of Mannheim. She was born on 3 February 1994 in Heidelberg, Germany. She is a professional German athlete. She is a champ in the long jump in the current tournament, world, and Europe. Currently, She won a Gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on August 3, 2021. At the 2011 world youth championship, She is on rank 9th after then in 2012 world junior championships and 2013 world championship, she has participated.
She won a Gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on August 3, 2021. At the 2011 world youth championship, She is on rank 9th after then in 2012 world junior championships and 2013 world championship, she has participated.
Real Name : Malaika Mihambo
Nickname : Malaika
Profession : Athlete
Marital Status : Not Available
Boyfriend Name : Not Known
Residence : Heidelberg, Germany
Zodiac : Aquarius
Physical Status
Height : 5 Feet 7 Inches (approx)
Weight : 58 Kg (approx)
Eye Colour : Not Known
Hair Colour : Not Known
Personal Information
Date of Birth 3 February 1994
Birth Place Heidelberg, Germany
Nationality German
School Name Not Known
College Name University of Mannheim
Qualification Not Known
Family Background
Father Name Not Known
Mother Name Not Known
Sibling Name Not Known
Career
Source Of Income Sports
Net Worth $1.5 million (Approx)
Some Amazing Facts About Malaika
Malaika’s age is 27 years. as of 2021.
She is a professional German athlete.
She is a champ in the long jump in the current tournament, world, and Europe.
She won a Gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on August 3, 2021.
In 2014, She won the 1st senior major event in European Team Championships.
Since childhood, she interested in sports.
The 27-year-old’s jumps were good in the past few months, but never when it counted. The art of the long jump is to hit the run-up in such a way that the jump takes place as precisely as possible on the board at maximum speed. Triple steps cost speed, thus also costing distance. Jumping in front of the board costs centimeters.
This is a problem Mihambo faced for quite a while. She changed her running technique in a bid to avoid injuries. Instead of running 20 steps, as is usually the case, she won the German championship running just 16. The Heidelberg-born athlete wanted to work with the longer run-up at the beginning of the season, but it never really worked out.
Coach swap failed due to COVID-19
This wasn’t the only problem Mihambo faced. The 2019 world champion’s intention was to move to the US, where legendary sprinter Carl Lewis was due to become her coach. "Only those who took this path are able to teach it," Malaika Mihambo said back then about her to-be coach, an Olympic gold medalist himself. The move, however, was canceled due to the pandemic.
Despite being a big fan of traveling and picking up inspiration from all corners of the world, Mihambo had to get used to working in familiar surroundings as she started training with Germany’s national long jump coach Ulrich Knapp.
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