Saly Sarr

Last updated
Saly Sarr
2023 African Games long jump 050505 39 (cropped).jpg
2023 African Games (2024)
Personal information
NationalitySenegalese
Born (2002-10-14) 14 October 2002 (age 22)
Dakar, Senegal [1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Triple jump: 14.55 (Tokyo, 2025)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Douala Triple jump
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Saint Pierre Triple jump
African Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Accra Triple jump
Jeux de la Francophonie
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kinshasa Triple jump

Saly Sarr (born 14 October 2002) is a Senegalese triple jumper. She was 2024 African Champion and represented her country at the 2024 Olympic Games as well as the 2025 World Athletics Championships, in which she placed sixth overall. [2]

Contents

Career

She placed in eighth in the triple jump final at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi. [3] She was an African Championships silver medallist in Mauritius in 2022. [4] She was a 2023 Francophone Games winner in Kinshasa in 2023. [5]

She was an All-African Games bronze medallist in Accra in March 2024. [6] She won the triple jump at the World Continental Tour Gold event the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo on 19 May 2024 with a jump of 14.08 metres. [7] She competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [8] [1]

In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, qualifying for the final and placing sixth overall with a personal best 14.55 metres. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "SARR Saly". Paris 2024 Olympics . Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. (alternate link)
  2. ↑ "Saly Sarr". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "U20 World Athletics Championships (Triple Jump): Saly Sarr finishes in 8th place". wiwsport.com. August 26, 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "African Athletics Championships – Triple jump: First gold medal for Senegal!". wiwsport.com. June 12, 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ↑ Berkeley, Geoff (4 August 2023). "Morocco and Romania sweep athletics gold medals at Francophone Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Mbaisi, Chris (20 March 2024). "Bii, Kimutai win silver in unfamiliar territories as bronze increase". the-star. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Seiko Golden Grand Prix Tokyo 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Women's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.