Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa

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Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa (born May 30, 1973) is a retired Zimbabwean triple jumper. He was the African record holder with 17.34 metres from 1998 to 2007. [1]

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As a collegiate athlete for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, he won the 1995 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the triple jump. [2]

He won bronze medals at the 1992 World Junior Championships and the 1995 All-Africa Games [3] as well as a silver medal at the 1998 African Championships. [4] Mdhlongwa competed at the Olympic Games in 1992 (both long jump [5] and triple jump) and 1996, [6] the World Championships in 1995 and 1997 as well as the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships without reaching the final round.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 43rd (q)Long jump 6.96 m
31st (q)Triple jump 15.96 m
World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 26th (q)Long jump 7.06 m (wind: -0.6 m/s)
3rdTriple jump 16.57 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 28th (q)Long jump 6.78 m
16th (q)Triple jump 15.30 m
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, British Columbia, Canada7thTriple jump 16.02 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 16th (q)Triple jump 16.53 m
All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe 3rdTriple jump16.60 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 42nd (q)Triple jump 14.47 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 7th (q)Triple jump 16.82 m [7]
World Championships Athens, Greece 20th (q)Triple jump 16.56 m
1998 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 2ndTriple jump17.19 m
Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5thTriple jump 16.51 m
1999 All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 4thTriple jump 16.30 m

References

  1. ↑ IAAF Area Outdoor Records - Men, Africa
  2. ↑ "Ndaba Mdhlongwa (2003) - Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame". Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ↑ All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics
  4. ↑ African Championships - GBR Athletics
  5. ↑ Athletics - Men's Long Jump 1988-present - Full Olympians
  6. ↑ Athletics - Men's Triple Jump 1988-present - Full Olympians
  7. ↑ No mark in the final
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