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]
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.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing 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) | |
3rd | Triple 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, Canada | 7th | Triple jump | 16.02 m |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 16th (q) | Triple jump | 16.53 m |
All-Africa Games | Harare, Zimbabwe | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.60 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 | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.19 m |
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 5th | Triple jump | 16.51 m | |
1999 | All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 4th | Triple jump | 16.30 m |
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