Aurel Manga (born 24 July 1992) is a French

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

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 (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a rac ...

(+1.7 m/s, Angers 2016) and 7.53 seconds in the

60 metres 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 7.65 seconds (Devynne Ch ...

(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 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 bo ...

, where Britain's

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(7.46 seconds) beat America's

Jarret Eaton Jarret Eaton (born June 24, 1989) is an American track and field athlete, known for running hurdles. He won the silver medal in the 60 metre hurdles at the 2018 World Indoor Championships while being coached by Lawrence Terry, and took a bronze ...

(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 the ...

in Glasgow, UK.

Personal life

Born in France, Manga is of Cameroonian 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 Black French sportspeople 21st-century French sportsmen