Malaika Mihambo Ethnicity, Family, Biography

Malaika Mihambo is a track and field athlete who competes for Germany.

Malaika Mihambo Ethnicity

Malaika Mihambo is of German-Tanzanian descent.

Malaika Mihambo Family

Malaika Mihambo’s family details are under wraps.

Malaika Mihambo Biography

Malaika Mihambo is a German athlete. She is the current Olympic, world and European champion in long jump.

Mihambo was born on February 3, 1994 in Heidelberg, Germany.

The athlete, born in Heidelberg, started athletics at age of eight. Before that, she gained experience in ballet, gymnastics and judo.

Mihambo has been trained by Ralf Weber since she was eleven.

At the 2014 European Team Championships, she won her first senior major event setting the new championship record with a jump of 6.90 metres.

In 2015, she won the gold medal at the European U23 Championships and finished sixth at the World Championships.

Mihambo was a European Champion in 2018, World Champion in Doha 2019, achieving her personal best with 7.30m.

Malaika Mihambo graduated from the University of Mannheim with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2016.

Mihambo studied environmental sciences in the postgraduate master’s course at the Open University in Hagen.

In 2021, she won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a jump of 7.00 metres.

Mihambo represented Germany in the World Athletics Championships 2022 and won the long jump world title.