Saly Sarr
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| Nationality | Senegalese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Triple jump: 14.70 (Toruń, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Saly Sarr (born 14 October 2002) is a Senegalese triple jumper[2]. She won the bronze medal at the 2026 World Indoor Championships. She was 2024 African Champion and represented her country at the 2024 Olympic Games as well as the 2025 World Athletics Championships, in which she placed sixth overall.[3]
Biography
She placed in eighth in the triple jump final at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.[4] She was an African Championships silver medallist in Mauritius in 2022.[5] She was a 2023 Francophone Games winner in Kinshasa in 2023.[6]
She was an All-African Games bronze medallist in Accra in March 2024.[7] She won the triple jump at the World Continental Tour Gold event the Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo on 19 May 2024 with a jump of 14.08 metres.[8] She competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9][1]
In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, qualifying for the final and placing sixth overall with a personal best 14.55 metres.[10]
Competing indoors for the first time in 2026, Sarr equalled her outdoor personal best of 14.55 metres and qualified for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, for only her third indoor event.[11] On 21 March, Sarr won the bronze medal at the Championships in Toruń. Her new personal best jump of 14.70 metres was enough to secure the medal behind Yulimar Rojas and gold medalist Leyanis Pérez.[12]
References
- ^ a b c "SARR Saly". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. (alternate link)
- ^ "World Athletics athlete profile". World Athletics.
- ^ "Saly Sarr". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "U20 World Athletics Championships (Triple Jump): Saly Sarr finishes in 8th place". wiwsport.com. August 26, 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "African Athletics Championships – Triple jump: First gold medal for Senegal!". wiwsport.com. June 12, 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (4 August 2023). "Morocco and Romania sweep athletics gold medals at Francophone Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Mbaisi, Chris (20 March 2024). "Bii, Kimutai win silver in unfamiliar territories as bronze increase". the-star. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Seiko Golden Grand Prix Tokyo 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Women's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26 preview: women's triple jump". World Athletics. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ^ "Pérez Hernández retains world indoor triple jump title in Kujawy Pomorze". World Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
External links
- Saly Sarr at World Athletics
- Saly Sarr at Olympics.com
- Saly Sarr at InterSportStats
- Saly Sarr at the Accra 2023 African Games (archived)