Luvo Manyonga

Luvo Manyonga (born 8 January 1991) is a South African track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump He won the 2017 World Championship in London and the 2018 Commonwealth Games title in the Gold Coast, Australia He was the Olympic silver medallist in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

Manyonga was world junior champion in 2010, and the African Games champion in 2011 He competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, placing fifth He was the runner-up at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics During his career, Manyonga has been served with two doping bans.

His second ban was issued in June 2021 when he was given a four-year ban following failure to provide anti-doping officials with sufficient information to complete drug testing The ban lasted until December 2024 He holds a personal best of 8 65 m (28 ft 4+1⁄2 in), set in 2017 in Potchefstroom.