Chiebuka Emmanuel Ihemeje (born 9 October 1998) is an Italian
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
er. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in
Triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
.
Biography
Ihemeje was born in
Carrara
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,
Tuscany
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to
Nigeria
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n parents but lives in
Verdellino
Verdellino (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Bergamo. The town is easily reachable by train, the station of Ver ...
near
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
. He jumped to the honors of the international sports news on 13 March 2021 when, winning the triple jump race at the
NCCA Indoor Track and Field Championships in
Fayetteville, Arkansas
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with the measure of 17.26 m, he established the fourth best Italian indoor all-time performance (fifth overall considering also the you turned out to be outdoor), the
minimum
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for the
Tokyo 2021 Olympics
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and the third best performance in the seasonal world lists.
He start the 2021 outdoor season winning the
2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships triple jump with his outdoor best of 17.14 m.
Personal bests
*
Triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
outdoor: 17.14 m (
Eugene, 11 June 2021)
*Triple jump indoor: 17.26 m (
Fayetteville, 13 March 2021)
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Achievements
;Youth level
See also
* Italian all-time lists - Triple jump
* Naturalized athletes of Italy
The Naturalized athletes of Italy are those naturalization, naturalized citizens who are part, or have been part, of the Italy national athletics team.
The rules
The Italian Government and consequently Italian Athletics Federation, FIDAL firstly ...
References
External links
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1998 births
Italian male triple jumpers
Living people
Italian people of Nigerian descent
Sportspeople from Carrara
Sportspeople from the Province of Bergamo
Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
21st-century Italian people