Maryse Luzolo

Maryse Luzolo (born 15 March 1995) is a German Olympic long jumper.

Maryse Luzolo
Personal information
Birth nameMaryse Luzolo
NationalityGerman
Born (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995
Frankfurt
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)Long jump

She was born and raised in Frankfurt to parents whic hail from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She attended the Carl von Weinberg School in Frankfurt.[1]

Luzolo won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Athletics Championships, and was the 2017 German U23 champion before suffering heavy knee injuries from a hyperextension which severely hampered her career.[2]

She has been part of the German Armed Forces since 2016. In 2018, she started studying sports and geography at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. In December 2019, she won the silver medal at the World Military Championship in Wuhan, China. It was her first international competition after two and a half years.[3]

She was part of the German Olympic long jump team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[4]

She finished ninth at the 2023 World Athletics Championships long jump in Budapest.[5]

References
  1. "Maryse Luzolo - Die junge Instinktspringerin". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  2. "Long jumper Maryse Luzolo: Finally catch up on the future". www.dailynewsen.com. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  3. "Mit purer Freude in die Grube" (in German). 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  4. "DOSB nominiert 90 Leichtathletinnen und Leichtathleten für die Olympischen Spiele in Tokio". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  5. "Women's Long Jump Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.


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