the Triple Jump and also boasts of a world Class High Jump standard of 2.10 meters for a
personal best.
A two times Gold Medalist in the Long Jump and three times in the Triple Jump with one
achieved in the Triple during his junior years, Mokoena is bar none the most accomplished
jumper in African Track & Field history.
Mokoena recently returned to active competition in 2014 after a few years off and what a
triumphant return that was He came back and won the Gold Medal in the Triple Jump and
Silver in the Long Jump at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Scotland and Gold at the
Triple Jump at the African Senior Championship in Marrakech, Morocco.
At 29 given the rigors and demands of his events (the long & Triple Jumps) on the
skeletal structure says that Mokoena should be at the tail end of his career but will he prove to
be the exception to the rule. That remains to be seen.
06. Muriel Ahoure –
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
Events: 60 meters 100 Meters, 200 meters
Personal Bests:
60 meters – 6.99 seconds (Ivory Coast
National Record)(Africa n Record)
100 Meters – 10.91 seconds (Ivory Coast
National Record)
200 meters – 22.24 seconds (Ivory Coast
National Record) (African Record)
Muriel Ahoure of the Ivory Coast is the first
Ivorian woman to win a World Championship
medal for her country and also happens to be
the National record holder for Ivory Coast in the
60 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters outdoors
and indoors and also doubles as the African
record holder for the indoor 60 meters at 6.99
seconds and 200 meters at 22.80 seconds.
She was one of the final eight women in the 100
meters at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in
London along with fellow African Blessing
Okagbare.
At 27 she is in the prime of her career as a
sprinter and therefore is set for some great
performances ahead of her. Lookout for Muriel
Ahoure in 2015 and 2016 as one of the
marquee performers from Africa.