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Teddy Tamgho

Tamgho on 14th IAAF World Championships
Personal information
Born	15 June 1989 (1989-06-15) (age 36) Paris, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Triple jump, long jump
Club	Dynamic Aulnay Club (2004–2007) CA Montreuil 93 (2008–2014) Saint-Denis Emotion (2015– )
Now coaching	Cyréna Samba-Mayela (2019–) Marthe Koala
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  France World Championships Gold 2013 Moscow Triple jump World Indoor Championships Gold 2010 Doha Triple jump European Championships Bronze 2010 Barcelona Triple jump European Indoor Championships Gold 2011 Paris Triple jump

Teddy Tamgho (born 15 June 1989) is a French athlete. He is famous for the triple jump, but also competes in the long jump. He once held the world indoor record for the triple jump. He set this record when he won the gold medal at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Teddy Tamgho is also one of the best triple jumpers outdoors. His best jump of 18.04 metres won him a gold medal at the 2013 World Championships. His first big win was a gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. He also won a gold medal at the 2010 World Indoor Championships, setting his first world indoor record of 17.90 metres.

Teddy Tamgho also helps train other athletes. One of them is Rouguy Diallo, another French triple jumper. She won a gold medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships.

Teddy Tamgho's Athletic Journey

Starting His Career (2007–2009)

Teddy Tamgho was born in Paris, France. He became interested in athletics when he was young. He started competing in triple jump at age 13. His first international competition was the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships. He finished fourth, but set a personal best jump of 16.35 metres.

In 2008, Teddy won his first French National Indoor Championships title. His jump of 16.94 metres made him the second-best junior triple jumper indoors ever. He said his speed was a strong point. He also thanked his coach and training partners for his success.

Tamgho talking with his coach at the 2009 Meeting Areva.

Later in 2008, Teddy won the gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. He jumped 17.33 metres, which was a great achievement. He was the only athlete to jump over 17 metres in that final.

In 2009, Teddy improved his indoor personal best to 17.37 metres. He then jumped 17.58 metres, which was a new world record for athletes under 23. This jump was also very close to the French national indoor record. He won his second national indoor triple jump title.

At the 2009 World Championships in August, Teddy made it to the final. He qualified with a jump of 17.11 metres. In the final, he finished eleventh.

Winning Gold and Setting Records (2010–2013)

In 2010, Teddy Tamgho competed at the 2010 World Indoor Championships. He set a new world indoor record of 17.90 metres. This jump broke a 17-year-old national indoor record. He said he had grown stronger and more mature.

Teddy's good form continued into the outdoor season. He set a new French national record of 17.63 metres in May. In June 2010, he competed in his first IAAF Diamond League event. He jumped 17.98 metres, making him the third-best triple jumper outdoors of all time. This was the longest triple jump outdoors in over a decade.

Tamgho celebrates his indoor world record in Doha.

He won the 2010 French National Outdoor Championships title for the second time. At the 2010 European Championships, he won a bronze medal. He also won the overall triple jump title in the 2010 IAAF Diamond League. He was named the 2010 European Athletics Rising Star of the Year.

In 2011, Teddy continued to break records. He improved his world indoor record to 17.91 metres. He then broke it again at the 2011 European Indoor Championships. He jumped 17.92 metres twice to win the gold medal. This was in front of his home crowd in Paris. The day before, he nearly won a bronze medal in the long jump event.

In July 2011, Teddy fractured his right ankle. This happened while he was warming up for a competition. He had to miss the 2011 World Championships and the rest of the year. He had surgery on his ankle.

Teddy missed the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He had another ankle operation in June 2012.

He returned to competition in May 2013 after being away for 22 months. He had focused on preparing for the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. He won the gold medal in the men's triple jump with a jump of 18.04 metres. This made him only the third man in history to jump 18.00 metres or more outdoors. He became the first French male World Championships medallist in the triple jump.

In December 2013, Teddy fractured his left leg during training. He had surgery and announced he would miss the entire 2014 season. He wanted to recover fully. He said, "My goal is to be number one and I will not enter any competition if I am not at 100 percent."

Teddy was chosen as the 2013 French male athlete of the year. This was based on an online poll.

Later Career (2014–2015)

In March 2015, Teddy returned to competition. He jumped 16.78 metres after being away for 18 months. In May 2015, he injured his Achilles tendon. This forced him to miss the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.

Best Jumps

Here are Teddy Tamgho's personal best jumps:

Triple Jump Competition Results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  France
2007	European Junior Championships	Narbonne, France	4th	16.35 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	17.33 m (wind: -2.1 m/s)
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	13th (qualifiers)	15.94 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	11th	16.79 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	17.90 m WR
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	17.45 m
2011	French National Indoor Championships	Aubière, France	1st	17.91 m WR
	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	17.92 m WR
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	—	NM
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	18.04 m WL

• French National Indoor Championships: He won the senior title in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2016.
• French National Outdoor Championships: He won the senior title in 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2016.

See also

In Spanish: Teddy Tamgho para niños