.jpg) Aurel Manga (center) at the 2017 European Indoor Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 32) Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 m hurdles 110 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ca Montreuil 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Samba-Koundy Giscard | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aurel Manga (born 24 July 1992) is a French athlete specialising in hurdling. He finished sixth at the 2016 European Championships and fifth at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.
Career
His personal bests are 13.33 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+1.7 m/s, Angers 2016) and 7.53 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Bordeaux 2017).
On March 4, 2018, Manga won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham in the 60 m hurdles, where Britain's Andrew Pozzi (7.46 seconds) beat America's Jarret Eaton (7.47 seconds) in a photo finish. He repeated his bronze medal win at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, UK.
Personal life
Born in France, Manga is of Cameroonian descent.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  France
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| 2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 10th (sf) | 100 m | 10.57 |
| 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.46 | |||
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6th | 110 m hurdles | 13.47 |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 5th | 60 m hurdles | 7.58 |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 24th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.58 | |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 3rd | 60 m hurdles | 7.54 |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | 110 m hurdles | 13.51 | |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3rd | 60 m hurdles | 7.63 |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 5th | 60 m hurdles | 7.63 |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | 110 m hurdles | 13.38 | |
| 2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 15th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.70 |
References
- "les Biographies". bases.athle.fr.
- Aurel Manga at World Athletics
- "All-Athletics profile". Archived from the original on 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- "Championnats d'Europe en salle : les athlètes ultramarins et afro-français de la sélection française".