Mouhcine Khoua

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. The following year, he won his first international gold medal at the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships, defeating Triki in the process.

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.

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. In 2022, Khoua won his first national title at the Moroccan Athletics Championships, after failed attempts in 2015 and 2021.

Statistics

Personal bests Event Mark Place Competition Venue Date Long jump 8.09 m Compétition à Benguerir Ben Guerir, Morocco 29 April 2018 7.86 m (+0.3 m/s) Mediterranean U23 Athletics Championships Radès, Tunisia 4 June 2016