Aurel Manga (born 24 July 1992) is a French athlete specialising in

hurdling Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. 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 The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hu ...

(+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 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds (Susanna Ka ...

, where Britain's

Andrew Pozzi Andrew William Pozzi (born 15 May 1992) is a British hurdling athlete. He was the 2018 indoor World Champion at 60 metres hurdles. He was the 2012 UK 60m and 110m Champion and holds the record for the fastest ever time run by a UK junior hurdler ...

(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 The 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held between 1 and 3 March 2019 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. This was the second time this event was held in the city after the 1990 edition and the third time it was held in th ...

in Glasgow, UK.

Personal life

Born in France, Manga is of Gabonese descent.

International competitions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manga, Aurel 1992 births Living people Athletes from Paris French male hurdlers World Athletics Championships athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France French sportspeople of Gabonese descent 21st-century French people Black French sportspeople