Mikaelle Assani (born 18 August 2002) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.[1]
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 6.91m (Weinheim, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Early and personal life edit
From Pforzheim, Germany, to a Cameroonian mother.[2] A Christian, she has suffered injuries due to a genetic condition known as flat feet.[3] She is an LG Region Karlsruhe athlete and attended the University of Nebraska in 2021.[4] She later transferred to study bioengineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.[5]
Career edit
She competed for Germany for the first time at the 15th European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku in 2019.[6]
In 2020, Assani won the gold at the German U20 Indoor Championships before an injury ruled her out of the rest of the year. In 2021, she won the gold at the German U20 Championships and was a bronze medalist at the U20 European Championships in Tallinn, finishing a centimetre ahead of compatriot Laura Raquel Müller. She also won the silver at the German U23 Championships and finished fourth at the senior German Championships. She was the world's best female U20 athlete in 2021 with a distance of 6.64m.[7][8]
In June 2022, Mikaelle Assani won the bronze at the German Championships in Berlin,[9] She also competed for Germany at the European Athletics Championships in Munich in August 2022, and was the youngest German athlete in the squad.[10]
In February 2023, she set a new personal best distance of 6.70 metres in Dortmund,[11] and came third at the German Indoor Championships.[12] She competed in Istanbul at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2023.[13]
On 27 May 2023, she jumped a new personal best distance of 6.91m in Weinheim.[14][15] Assani competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[16]
In February 2024, she finished runner-up at the German indoor championships equalling her personal best jump of 6.91 metres.[17] She was subsequently selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in which she finished in fourth place with a jump of 6.77 metres.[18][19]
References edit
- ^ "Mikaelle Assani". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ McGee, Hope (4 June 2021). "MEET MIKAELLE ASSANI X MAYAMIKO". Mayamiko.com. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Mikaelle Assani: "Paris 2024 is now a realistic goal"". Leichathletik. May 29, 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Sogl, Reinhard (22 January 2022). "Long jump talent Assani from Karlsruhe is looking forward to competing for the University of Nebraska". bnn.de. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "A woman from Baden-Baden wants to go to the Olympic Games in Paris – a woman has already brought a gold medal to our city". Goodnews4.de. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "ANTJE PFÜLLER WINS GOLD IN BAKU". myv.karlsruhe.de. July 30, 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Mikaelle Assani". Thestarting10. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "U20 European Championship Day 4 - Mikaelle Assani flies to bronze in the long jump thriller". Leichathletik.de. 18 July 201. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "German Championships Olympiastadion, Berlin". World Athletics. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Schmitz, Nico-Marius (July 4, 2023). "Mikaelle Assani: Jump into the world elite". fr.de. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Blech marks his birthday with 5.82m clearance for victory in Dortmund". European Athletics. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "CONGRATULATIONS MIKAELLE ASSANI ON WINNING DM BRONZE IN THE LONG JUMP WITH 6.41 METERS / THIS IS WHAT THE COACH SAYS..." Sclbasenbaden.de. February 19, 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Baden-Badener at the European Championships in Istanbul – Mikaelle Assani missed the final by 6.53 centimeters". Goodnews4. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Athletics: Mihambo has German competition: Assani jumps for titles". Zeit.de. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Sichting, Jane (27 May 2023). "91 Meter! Mikaelle Assani fliegt in Weinheim in neue Sphären". Leichatletik.de. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Mikaelle Assani from Kuhardt with a chance of reaching the final at the World Athletics Championships". Rheinpfalz.de. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Bol breaks world indoor 400m record with 49.24 in Apeldoorn". World Athletics. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "WIC Glasgow 24 preview: long jump". World Athletics. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Women's Long Jump Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.