Aurel Manga (born 24 July 1992) is a French athlete specialising in hurdling. He finished sixth at the 2016 European Championships and fifth at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.
Career
His personal bests are 13.33 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+1.7 m/s, Angers 2016) and 7.53 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Bordeaux 2017).
On 4 March 2018, Manga won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham in the 60 m hurdles, where Britain's Andrew Pozzi (7.46 seconds) beat America's Jarret Eaton (7.47 seconds) in a photo finish. He repeated his bronze medal win at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, UK.
Personal life Born in France, Manga is of Cameroonian descent.
International competitions Representing 2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland10th (sf)100 m10.576th4 × 100 m relay39.462016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6th110 m hurdles13.472017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia5th60 m hurdles7.58World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom24th (h)110 m hurdles13.582018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rd60 m hurdles7.54European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th110 m hurdles13.512019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom3rd60 m hurdles7.632021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland5th60 m hurdles7.63Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan8th110 m hurdles13.382022European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany15th (sf)110 m hurdles13.70
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