Cheikh Touré
Senegal-born French athlete
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Cheikhou Tidiane Touré (born January 25, 1970) is a Senegal-born French athlete who specialised in the long jump. He retired after the 2003 season.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Senegal | ||
| African Championships | ||
 | 1996 Yaoundé | Long jump |
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 national, the result was an African record which stood for over twelve years.[1] 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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
