Cheikh Touré

Cheikh Tidiane Touré (born January 25, 1970) is a Senegal-born French athlete who specialised in the long jump. He retired after the 2003 season.

His best international performance came in the 1997 World Championships, where he finished 7th.

His personal best jump was 8.46, a result he achieved in Bad Langensalza on June 15, 1997. As this happened before he became a French citizen, the result was an African record which stood for over twelve years. Ignisious Gaisah of Ghana jumped 8.51 m at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics, but as the tail wind was too strong (+3.7 m/s) the result could not become a new record . On July 4, 2009, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena of South Africa jumped 8.50 m in Madrid setting a new record.

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Senegal
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 33rd (q) Long jump 6.49 m
1989 Jeux de la Francophonie Casablanca, Morocco 7th Long jump 7.48 m
1994 Jeux de la Francophonie Bondoufle, France 6th 4 × 100 m relay 40.69 s
1st Long jump 8.06 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 6th (q) Long jump 7.86 m1
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 18th (q) Long jump 7.85 m
All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe 1st Long jump 8.10 m
1996 African Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 2nd Long jump 7.79 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 16th (q) Long jump 7.91 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 13th (q) Long jump 7.84 m
World Championships Athens, Greece 7th Long jump 7.98 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Antananarivo, Madagascar 1st Long jump 8.19 m
Representing  France
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 23rd (q) Long jump 7.76 m
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 20th (q) Long jump 7.87 m
2001 Mediterranean Games Radès, Tunisia 6th Long jump 7.76 m

1No mark in the final


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