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Cheikhou Tidiane Touré (born January 25, 1970) is a Senegal-born French athlete who specialised in the long jump. He retired after the 2003 season.
His best international performance came in the 1997 World Championships, where he finished 7th.
His personal best jump was 8.46, a result he achieved in Bad Langensalza on June 15, 1997. As this happened before he became a French national, the result was an African record which stood for over twelve years. Ignisious Gaisah of Ghana jumped 8.51 m at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics, but as the tail wind was too strong (+3.7 m/s) the result could not become a new record . On July 4, 2009, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena of South Africa jumped 8.50 m in Madrid setting a new record.
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Senegal
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| 1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 33rd (q) | Long jump | 6.49 m |
| 1989 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Casablanca, Morocco | 7th | Long jump | 7.48 m |
| 1994 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Bondoufle, France | 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.69 s |
| 1st | Long jump | 8.06 m | |||
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 6th (q) | Long jump | 7.86 m |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 18th (q) | Long jump | 7.85 m | |
| All-Africa Games | Harare, Zimbabwe | 1st | Long jump | 8.10 m | |
| 1996 | African Championships | Yaoundé, Cameroon | 2nd | Long jump | 7.79 m |
| Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 16th (q) | Long jump | 7.91 m | |
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 13th (q) | Long jump | 7.84 m |
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 7th | Long jump | 7.98 m | |
| Jeux de la Francophonie | Antananarivo, Madagascar | 1st | Long jump | 8.19 m | |
Representing  France
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| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 23rd (q) | Long jump | 7.76 m |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 20th (q) | Long jump | 7.87 m |
| 2001 | Mediterranean Games | Radès, Tunisia | 6th | Long jump | 7.76 m |
No mark in the final
References
- "JORF n° 0201 du 1 septembre 1998 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
External links
| African Games champions in men's long jump | |
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- French male long jumpers
- Senegalese male long jumpers
- Olympic athletes for France
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Senegal
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Senegal
- World Athletics Championships athletes for France
- Senegalese emigrants to France
- African Games gold medalists for Senegal
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for France
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French Athletics Championships winners
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