Luvo Manyonga

Luvo Manyonga

Personal information
Nationality	South African
Born	(1991-01-08) January 8, 1991 (age 33) Mbekweni
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Men's athletics
Event	Long jump
Coached by	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.