In 2016, Luvo Manyonga took the silver in the Olympics.
Luvo Manyonga, photo by PhotoRun.net
In 2017, Luvo Manyonga took the gold in London World Championships. Manyonga has a jump of 8.65 meters to his credit. Amazing ability, great speed, Luvo has had to battle drug addiction to unleash his talents.
At the world Indoors, Luvo had two legal jumps, 8. 33 meters and 8.44 meters, plus four fouls. Manyonga took silver to Cuban Echavarria’s 8.46 meter for gold.
Here’s our interview with Luvo after his silver medal performance.
Senior Writer Jeff Benjamin has written for almost 40 years for RunBlogRun! The Former President of the Staten Island AC & was the 5th man scorer for his 1982 Susan Wagner High School NYC XC City Championship team. Also a member of the College of Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame for XC, Jeff is also a retired NYC DOE history teacher. Some of Jeff's subjects have included Sebastian Coe, Eamonn Coghlan, Matt Centrowitz, Billy Mills, Joe Newton, Tom Fleming, Bill Rodgers, Abel Kiviat, Frank Shorter, Rod Dixon and Carl Lewis as well as Book Reviews and articles covering track meets and races primarily in the Northeast U.S. and beyond.
Jeff has also covered Track & Field events at the 1996, 2016 & 2024 Olympic Games as well as the 2022 World T&F Championships in Eugene, Oregon. A noted T&F historian and chronicler of the athletic achievements of Jim Thorpe, Jeff helped with the restoration of Thorpe to the official IOC 1912 Record Books.
In 2023 Jeff was honored with the awarded the prestigious James Dunaway memorial award for excellence in Track and Field journalism by the Track and Field Writers Association.
Luvo Manyonga, photo by PhotoRun.net
