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Maryse Luzolo

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Maryse Luzolo
Personal information
Birth nameMaryse Luzolo
NationalityGerman
Born (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 30)
Frankfurt
Sport
SportTrack and Field
EventLong jump

Maryse Luzolo (born 15 March 1995) is a German long jumper. She competed for Germany at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2023 World Athletics Championships. She became national champion at the German Athletics Championships in 2024.

Early and personal life

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She was born and raised in Frankfurt to parents from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She attended the Carl von Weinberg School in Frankfurt.[1] She began as member of the German Armed Forces in 2016. In 2018, she started studying sports and geography at the Goethe University in Frankfurt.[2]

Career

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At the age of 18 years-old, she set a long jump personal best of 6.45 metres. Luzolo won the bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Athletics Championships. In 2017, aged 21 years-old she extended her lifetime best to 6.61m.[3] She then became the 2017 German U23 champion before suffering heavy knee injuries from a hyperextension which severely hampered her career.[4]

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.[2]

She won the long jump title at the European Athletics Team Championships in 2021 and subsequently competed as a member l of the Germany Olympic Team at the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[5][6]

In May 2023, she jumped a wind assisted 6.79 metres (+2.5 m/ps) whilst competing in Yokohama, Japan.[7] She finished ninth in the final of the 2023 World Athletics Championships long jump competition in Budapest.[8]

She became German long jump champion in June 2024 at the German Athletics Championships in Braunschweig.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Maryse Luzolo - Die junge Instinktspringerin". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Mit purer Freude in die Grube". fr.de (in German). 27 November 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Generation F: How women are reshaping sports media". World Athletics. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Long jumper Maryse Luzolo: Finally catch up on the future". www.dailynewsen.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ^ "DOSB nominiert 90 Leichtathletinnen und Leichtathleten für die Olympischen Spiele in Tokio". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ "European Athletics Team Championships Super League". World Athletics. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Maryse Luzolo makes a splash with victory and long jumps". leichtathletik.de. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Women's Long Jump Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  9. ^ "In Mihambo's absence: Luzolo German champion". Kicker.de. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
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