Luvo Manyonga

South African male long jumper · South Africa · On the map · Athletes · Born 1991 · age 35

Luvo Manyonga 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.

Luvo Manyonga is read about 23 times a day, in 23 languages.

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2026“I’m so excited, I know for a fact that I still have big jumps and gold medals in my body. I still have to give these youngsters a game.”In their words19 March 2026‘The only thing left for me was death’: meet the meth-addict long jumper who has been to hell and backRead the whole statement

2018“The long jump has given me so much in my life. It makes me smile even when life is difficult.”In their words23 September 2018Luvo Manyonga: I love jumping because...Read the whole statement

2017“All I’m prepared to say, is that no record should last for ever. I fully realise that this record is going to be improved at some stage by a young talented athlete.”In their words18 March 2017Luvo leaps to new national long jump recordRead the whole statement

South African Sportsman of the YearAward1991Born8 January 1991

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I loved the long jump from my very first competition. I was a 100m and 200m sprinter at school when I decided to enter the long jump for the first time.
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Even before that first long jump competition at the age of 18, I knew I could jump.
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When I jump, it makes me feel like a super hero. If I jump 8.30m in the first-round leap I feel transformed. I don’t want to stop jumping until I have jumped out of the pit.
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