South African athlete (born 2003)
Karmen Fouché
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| Nationality | South African |
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| Born | (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Event(s) | Long jump, Triple jump |
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| Personal best(s) | Long jump: 6.56m (Sasolburg, 2023)
Triple jump: 13.14m (Pretoria, 2024) |
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Karmen Fouché (born 2 January 2003) is a South African track and field athlete. In 2024, she became national champion in the triple jump.[1]
Early life
She attended Potchefstroom Gimnasium in North West.[2]
Career
She made a personal best long jump of 6.32 meters at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.[2] In April 2022, she won the South African U20 long jump title.[3] She had a top-5 finish at the African Athletics Championships in Mauritius in June 2022.[4] She finished sixth in the long jump at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[5][6]
In March 2023, she was named jumps athlete of the year by Modern Athlete.[7] That month, Fouché took silver in the women's long jump at the senior South African Athletics Championships.[8]
In March 2024, she finished runner up in the long jump at the South African U23 Track and Field Championships, at the Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria.[9][10] In April 2024, she became the national champion in the triple jump at the South African Athletics Championships in Pietermaritzburg.[11]
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