![]() Faye in 2022 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | 3 February 1996 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Long jump, Triple jump |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | Triple Jump: 16.69m (2025) Long Jump: 7.88m (2023) |
Medal record |
Amath Faye (born 3 February 1996) is a Senegalese athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. [1]
He won a bronze medal in the long jump at the 2022 African Championships in St Pierre, Mauritius. [2] [3] [4] He set a personal best in the long jump of 7.88 metres on 10 June 2023 at the Meeting National de Pierre-Bénite in France. [5]
He won the silver medal in the triple jump with a best jump of 16.61 metres at the 2023 Francophone Games in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. [6] [7] He won the silver medal in the triple jump at the delayed 2023 African Games, held in Accra, Ghana, in March 2024 with a jump of 16.24 metres. [8] [9] He had a fifth place finish in the triple jump at the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon. [10]
He set a new personal best in the triple jump of 16.69 metres in Dakar on 24 May 2025. [11] In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [12] [13]