Hugues Fabrice Zango
- Born
- Jun 25, 1993 (33 years old)
- Birthplace
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Events
- Triple Jump
- Height
- 1.80 m
- Weight
- 78 kg
Hugues Fabrice Zango (born 25 June 1993) is a Burkinabé athlete who specialises in the triple jump.
He is the world indoor record holder in the triple jump with a jump of 18.07 m (59 ft 3+1⁄4 in) set in 2021 and the reigning world champion, winning the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2023 World Championships.
Zango competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, in the triple jump event, the first ever Olympic medal for Burkina Faso. He has also competed in World Championships, two African athletics championships, a Jeux de la Francophonie, two Summer Universiades and two African Games. He became Burkina Faso's first-ever Olympic medalist, earning a bronze medal in Tokyo, and set the African triple jump record at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.
As of Nov 7, 2026: Triple Jump 18.07 (#7 all-time), 2025 season best 17.21 (Jun 20, 2025, Stade Charléty, Paris (FRA)) · Last competition: World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025, National Stadium, Tokyo, Sep 19, 2025, 16.92 · Olympic Games: 1 bronze · World Championships: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze · Area record (Triple Jump) · 33 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →* Wind-assisted (> 2.0 m/s)
Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| World Championships | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | TJ | 17.21 | +1.8 | Jun 20, 2025 | Meeting de Paris, Stade Charléty, Paris - Diamond Discipline |
| 2024 | TJ | 17.57 | +1.7 | Jul 7, 2024 | FBK Games, FBK Stadium, Hengelo |
| 2023 | TJ | 17.81 | +1.5 | May 5, 2023 | Diamond League Meeting, Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha - Diamond Discipline |
| 2022 | TJ | 17.55 | +1.4 | Jul 23, 2022 | World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR |
| 2021 | TJ | 18.07 | – | Jan 16, 2021 | – |
| 2021 | TJ Indoor | 18.07 | – | Jan 16, 2021 | Stadium Jean-Pellez, Aubière (FRA) (i) |
| 2020 | LJ | 7.71 | +0.7 | Aug 28, 2020 | Stade du Brotillon, Pierre-Bénite (FRA) |
| 2020 | TJ | 17.43 | +1.1 | Aug 19, 2020 | Gyulai István Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix |