Chengetayi Mapaya Explained

Chengetayi Mapaya
Full Name:Chengetayi David Mapaya
Birth Date:19 December 1998
Country:Zimbabwe
Sport:Track and field
Event:Triple jump
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Chengetayi David Mapaya (born 19 December 1998) is a Zimbabwean track and field athlete who specializes competing in triple jump. He has won two NCAA Division I championships competing for the TCU Horned Frogs at the collegiate level in the United States. Competing internationally for his home country, he took home the gold medal at the 2017 African U20 Championships and has qualified for the 2022 World Championships.[1]

Career

Growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe, Mapaya attended high school at the private St. George's College. He won gold in the triple jump and silver in the long jump at the 2016 African Union Sports Council Region 5 U20 Youth Games in Angola, then took gold in the triple jump at the 2017 African U20 Championships in Tlemcen, Algeria, where he set a new meet record with a 16.30m jump.[2]

After high school, Mapaya relocated to the United States to attend Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. During his time competing in triple jump for the Horned Frogs, he won two NCAA Division I national championships, five Big 12 conference championships and earned All-American honors nine times.

Achievements

All information taken from World Athletics profile.

Collegiate championship results

Representing the TCU Horned Frogs in Triple Jump (2018 - 2022)
Year Competition Position Distance Venue Notes
2018 Big 12 Indoor Championships 3rd 16.16m
3rd 16.38m
Big 12 Outdoor Championships 3rd 15.73m
5th 16.42m
2019 Big 12 Indoor Championships bgcolor=gold1st 16.83m New school record and meet record[3]
3rd 16.61m
Big 12 Outdoor Championships bgcolor=gold1st 16.52m
bgcolor=gold1st 17.13m
2020 Big 12 Indoor Championships bgcolor=silver2nd 16.06m Ames, Iowa
2021 Big 12 Indoor Championships bgcolor=gold1st 16.55m Lubbock, Texas
bgcolor=silver2nd 16.95m , New Zimbabwean national indoor record[4]
Big 12 Outdoor Championships bgcolor=gold1st 17.01m
3rd 16.74m Eugene, Oregon
2022 Big 12 Indoor Championships bgcolor=silver2nd 16.28m Ames, Iowa
3rd 16.51m Birmingham, Alabama
Big 12 Outdoor Championships bgcolor=gold1st 16.84m Lubbock, Texas
bgcolor=gold1st 17.26m Eugene, Oregon , New school record[5]

National titles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-06-17 . Mapaya Qualifies for World Championships . 2022-06-20 . GoFrogs.com .
  2. News: US-based Zimbabwean Chengetayi Mapaya Wins Men's Triple Jump and Breaks New World Record. June 20, 2022.
  3. Web site: 2019 Big 12 Indoor Championships results . Big 12 Conference . June 20, 2022.
  4. Web site: Mapaya Soars to Silver at Indoor Nationals . GoFrogs.com . June 20, 2022.
  5. Web site: National Champion! Mapaya Wins Triple Jump Gold . GoFrogs.com . June 20, 2022.