Malaika Mihambo

Malaika Mihambo, born on 3 February 1994, is a German long jumper who won the Olympic title at the Tokyo Games with a jump of 7.00 metres and added a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She was world champion in 2019 and again in 2022, and her personal best of 7.30 metres, set at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, has not been passed by any woman since. Her career began around 2009 with a German under-16 heptathlon team title, followed by European junior and under-23 gold medals, a fourth place at the 2016 Olympics and a European title in 2018. She grew up in Oftersheim, has a German mother and a Tanzanian father, studied political science in Mannheim and competes for LG Kurpfalz, coached since childhood by Ralf Weber. She was named German Sportswoman of the Year three years in a row to 2020, in part for her work helping children into athletics.