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Chiebuka Emmanuel Ihemeje (born 9 October 1998) is an Italian
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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
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. 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
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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
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for the Tokyo 2021
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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)


Achievements

;Youth level


See also

* Italian all-time lists - Triple jump *
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ihemeje, Emmanuel 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