Maryse Luzolo

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]

• Maryse Luzolo at World Athletics