Teddy Tamgho

Teddy Tamgho

Teddy Tamgho at the World Championships in Moscow

nation

France

birthday

15th June 1989 (age 31)

place of birth

Paris , France

size

187 cm

Weight

82 kg

Career

discipline

Triple jump , long jump

society

Saint-Denis emotion

Trainer

Iván Pedroso

status

active

Medal table

World championships	1 ×	0 ×
European championships	0 ×	1 ×
Indoor World Cup	1 ×	0 ×
Indoor European Championships	1 ×	0 ×
Junior World Championship	1 ×	0 ×
Junior European Championship	1 ×	0 ×

World championships
gold	Moscow 2013	18.04 m
European championships
bronze	Barcelona 2010	17.45 m
Indoor world championships
gold	Doha 2010	17.90 m
European Indoor Championships
gold	Paris 2011	17.92 m
Junior World Championships
gold	Bydgoszcz 2008	17.33 m
Junior European Championships
gold	Hengelo 2007	16.35 m

last change: June 23, 2014

Teddy Tamgho (born June 15, 1989 in Paris ) is a French athlete who specializes in the triple jump .

Athletic career

He won the triple jump title at the 2007 Junior European Championships in Narbonne and at the 2008 Junior World Championships in Bydgoszcz . Since 2009 he has also started in the adult sector. After he failed in qualifying at the European Indoor Championships in Turin , he finished eleventh in the finals at the World Championships in Berlin .

His international breakthrough came at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha. He won the gold medal there and set a new indoor world record with 17.90 m . Outdoors, he increased his personal best at the adidas Grand Prix in New York City to 17.98 m. At the time, it was the sixth furthest jump in history. Only Jonathan Edwards and Kenny Harrison had ever jumped any further. Due to the after-effects of a calf injury, Tamgho could not call up his full potential at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona and had to be content with third place. He then changed his coach and has been looked after by former Cuban long jump Olympic champion Iván Pedroso ever since .

In February 2011 Tamgho improved his own world record by one centimeter to 17.91 m at the French Indoor Championships. He succeeded in doing this again for two weeks when he won the European Indoor Championships in Paris when he jumped twice to 17.92 m. He also took fourth place in the long jump there . After victories at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha and the Athletissima in Lausanne, however, he had to end his outdoor season early when he was injured while warming up at the U23 European Championships in Ostrava . A fracture of the ankle was found, which also meant that he had to cancel his start at the World Championships in Daegu . Another operation prevented qualification and participation in the 2012 Olympics.

On March 30, 2013 he made his comeback after a 20 month injury break in Bron with 16.76 m. At the World Championships in Moscow on August 18, 2013, in the last attempt, he reached the world best of the year of 18.04 m and thus won the gold medal. Tamgho was only the third person in the world to exceed the 18-meter mark in a triple jump competition under permitted conditions (tail wind not exceeding 2.0 m / s).

Because of three missed doping tests, Tamgho was suspended from the French FFA in June 2014 until March 18, 2015. Due to a stress fracture in the left shin, no participation was planned for 2014 anyway. After a comeback in 2015, Tamgho injured his Achilles tendon during a Diamon League meeting in Doha and had to end the season early.