Mouhcine Khoua
Personal information
Nationality Morocco
Born (1998-07-26) 26 July 1998
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong jump[1]
ClubL'athlé 66 (Union Perpignan section)[1][2]
Achievements and titles
World finals
National finals
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Morocco
African Youth Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 GaboroneLong jump
African U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Addis AbabaLong jump
Silver medal – second place2017 TlemcenLong jump
Mediterranean U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 TunisLong jump
Jeux de la Francophonie
Bronze medal – third place2017 AbidjanLong jump
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place2017 BakuLong jump
Arab Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 RadèsLong jump

Mouhcine Khoua (born 26 July 1998), also spelled Mohcin Lakhoua, is a Moroccan long jumper. He was the 2015 African U20 champion in the long jump, as well as the 2022 Moroccan Athletics Championships winner.

Biography

Khoua made his international debut at the 2014 African Youth Games, where he won a bronze medal in the long jump with a mark of 7.23 metres, losing to Yasser Triki.[3] The following year, he won his first international gold medal at the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships, defeating Triki in the process.[4]

In 2016, Khoua achieved his farthest wind-legal jump with a 7.85 metre leap at the 2016 Mediterranean Athletics U23 Championships. The mark earned him a silver medal behind Lamont Marcel Jacobs, the eventual Olympic 100 metres champion.[5]

Khoua competed in his first global championship at the 2016 World U20 Championships in the long jump. With a 7.52 m first round jump, he was the last athlete to qualify for the finals. In the finals he could not repeat that success, placing last among finalists with a 7.22 metre best mark.[1]

Khoua competed in both the 2017 and 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games, with a best finish of third to win the bronze medal in 2017. That would be one of three international medals Khoua would win that year, also placing third at the African U20 Championships and second at the Jeux de la Francophonie.[1]

At the 2021 Arab Athletics Championships, Khoua returned to medal-winning form with a 7.60 m jump for silver, losing only to Triki again.[6] In 2022, Khoua won his first national title at the Moroccan Athletics Championships, after failed attempts in 2015 and 2021.[7]

Statistics

Personal bests

EventMarkPlaceCompetitionVenueDate
Long jump8.09 m NWI2nd place, silver medalist(s)Compétition à BenguerirBen Guerir, Morocco29 April 2018
7.86 m (+0.3 m/s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)Mediterranean U23 Athletics ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia4 June 2016

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mouhcine Khoua at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ↑ "CLUB MATERIAL ATHLE 66 SECTION PERPIGNAN ATHLE UNION SECTION". L'athlé 66 (in French).
  3. ↑ "Résultats/Qualification-Jeux d'Afrique de la jeunesse - Gaborone (Botswana) 28-31/05/2014". Bouhouche Blog (in French).
  4. ↑ "Hamza and Cheptegei highlight opening days of African Junior Championships". World Athletics.
  5. ↑ "Longueur M (long Jump)/U23M (04/06/2016) Finale directe 1 à 16h 30" (PDF). KoeSport.fr (in French).
  6. ↑ "Athlétisme : le Maroc en tête des médaillés en or du championnat arabe". Bladi.net (in French).
  7. ↑ "2022 Moroccan Championships". World Athletics.
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