Paul Roger Nioze (born 19 March 1967) is a Seychellois former

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 who competed at the 1992 and

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, finishing in 22nd and 39th place, respectively. He is the 1996 African Champion and the national record holder. Furthermore, he was named the Seychelles Sportsman of the Year in 1996, and retired in 2000. He is currently the manager of the

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(WADA) Indian Ocean regional office, overseeing work in five countries in Southeastern

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. Nioze was first appointed as a WADA independent observer in 2005, and worked the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...

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Competition record

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 ...

– 16.80 m (

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, 1990) NR

Personal life

His niece, Diane Nioze, competes professionally in the

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and

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

events. She won first in both events at the 2012 World Athletics Day Meet, and later competed at the

2013 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' (French for ''7th Francophone Games''), were held in Nice, France, from September 6-15. This was the second edition of the games to be hosted in France and the f ...

. In addition to working with WADA, Nioze frequently organizes youth athletics competitions in his home country, collaborating with the Seychelles Athletics Federation.

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Paul Nioze
profile at IAAF
Paul Nioze
profile at All-Athletics.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nioze, Paul Living people 1967 births Seychellois male triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Seychelles Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Seychelles Commonwealth Games competitors for Seychelles Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games African Games silver medalists for Seychelles African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games 20th-century Seychellois people 21st-century Seychellois people