Hugues Fabrice Zango

Hugues Fabrice Zango
Zango in 2019
Personal information
NationalityBurkinabe
Born (1993-06-25) 25 June 1993 (age 31)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
EducationArtois University (PhD)[1][2]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Weight78 kg (172 lb)[3]
Sport
CountryBurkina Faso
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump
Long jump
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (Triple jump, 2023)[4]
Personal best(s)Triple jump: 18.07 m
Long jump: 7.71 m

Hugues Fabrice Zango (born 25 June 1993) is a Burkinabé athlete who specialises in the triple jump and the long jump. He is the world indoor record holder in the triple jump with a jump of 18.07 m (59 ft 3+14 in) set in 2021 and the reigning world champion, winning the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2023 World Championships. Zango competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, in the triple jump event, the first ever Olympic medal for Burkina Faso. He has also competed in World Championships, two African athletics championships, a Jeux de la Francophonie, two Summer Universiades and two African Games. He became the first-ever Olympic medalist for Burkina Faso earning a bronze medal and set the African triple jump record at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference PHD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "2017 Universiade bio". Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Hugues Fabrice Zango". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. ^ "World Rankings | Men's Triple Jump".

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