Chengetayi Mapaya
Zimbabwean track and field athlete
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Chengetayi David Mapaya (born 19 December 1998) is a Zimbabwean track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. He has won two NCAA Division I championships competing for the TCU Horned Frogs at the collegiate level in the United States. Competing internationally for his home country, he took home the gold medal at the 2017 African U20 Championships and has qualified for the 2022 World Championships.[1]
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| Full name | Chengetayi David Mapaya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | TCU Horned Frogs | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe, Mapaya attended high school at the private St. George's College.[citation needed] He won gold in the triple jump and silver in the long jump at the 2016 African Union Sports Council Region 5 U20 Youth Games in Angola, then took gold in the triple jump at the 2017 African U20 Championships in Tlemcen, Algeria, where he set a new meet record with a 16.30m jump.[2]
After high school, Mapaya relocated to the United States to attend Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. During his time competing in triple jump for the Horned Frogs, he won two NCAA Division I national championships, five Big 12 conference championships and earned All-American honors nine times.[1]
Achievements
All information taken from World Athletics profile.[3]
Collegiate championship results
| Year | Competition | Position | Distance | Venue | Notes |
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| 2018 | Big 12 Indoor Championships | 3rd | 16.16m | Ames, Iowa | |
| NCAA Indoor Championships | 3rd | 16.38m | College Station, Texas | PB | |
| Big 12 Outdoor Championships | 3rd | 15.73m | Waco, Texas | ||
| NCAA Outdoor Championships | 5th | 16.42m | Eugene, Oregon | PB | |
| 2019 | Big 12 Indoor Championships | 1st | 16.83m | Lubbock, Texas | New school record and meet record[4] |
| NCAA Indoor Championships | 3rd | 16.61m | Birmingham, Alabama | ||
| Big 12 Outdoor Championships | 1st | 16.52m | Norman, Oklahoma | ||
| NCAA Outdoor Championships | 1st | 17.13m | Austin, Texas | PB | |
| 2020 | Big 12 Indoor Championships | 2nd | 16.06m | Ames, Iowa | |
| 2021 | Big 12 Indoor Championships | 1st | 16.55m | Lubbock, Texas | |
| NCAA Indoor Championships | 2nd | 16.95m | Fayetteville, Arkansas | PB, New Zimbabwean national indoor record[5] | |
| Big 12 Outdoor Championships | 1st | 17.01m | Manhattan, Kansas | ||
| NCAA Outdoor Championships | 3rd | 16.74m | Eugene, Oregon | ||
| 2022 | Big 12 Indoor Championships | 2nd | 16.28m | Ames, Iowa | |
| NCAA Indoor Championships | 3rd | 16.51m | Birmingham, Alabama | ||
| Big 12 Outdoor Championships | 1st | 16.84m | Lubbock, Texas | ||
| NCAA Outdoor Championships | 1st | 17.26m | Eugene, Oregon | PB, New school record[6] |