European Athletics (EAA) – News – France’s Tamgho voted men’s European Athletics Rising Star of the Year

Teddy Tamgho of France is the 2010 winner of the men's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award presented by MONDO.

The Frenchman became the third longest jumper in history after breaking his national record with a 17.98m effort at the New York Diamond League meeting on 12 June. Only world record holder Jonathan Edwards (18.29m) of Great Britain and Kenny Harrison (18.09m) of the USA have jumped farther than the 21-year-old.

Although he could only finish a frustrating third at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona Tamgho has been the triple jump sensation of the year.

His world indoor record shattering leap of 17.90m at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, in March gave him his first international gold medal in the senior’s field.

Tamgho will be presented with his European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award at the European Athletics Awards Night dinner in Belgrade on Saturday 16 October alongside the women's Rising Star winner and the European Athlete of the Year winners.

The men’s and women’s winners of the European Athlete of the Year will be announced next week.

Fans, media and European Athletics Member Federations were invited to vote for the Rising Star of the Year on the European Athletics website. Along with the votes from a panel of experts, each group of voters' results count for one quarter of the athlete's final score.

The shortlist for the award included stars from this year's World Junior Championships and Youth Olympic Games and other young athletes who performed exceptionally well this year.

No athlete who has previously served a two-year doping ban can be nominated for the European Athletics Rising Star award.

Men's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year presented by MONDO final rankings:

1. Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
2. Eusebio Caceres (ESP)
3. Krzysztof Brzozowski (POL)
4. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA)
5. Andrius Gudzius (LTU)
6. Jeroen D’Hoedt (BEL)
7. Anton Ivakin (RUS)
8. Till Woeschler (GER)
9. Dmitry Kroyter (ISR)
10. Igor Lyashchenko (UKR)

Previous men's Rising Star winners
2009 Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
2008 Raphael Holzdeppe (GBR)
2007 Andrew Howe (ITA)

2010 season: Teddy Tamgho

Triple jump

16.72i 2 Mondeville 30 Jan
15.66i 10 GE Galan Stockholm 10 Feb
17.25i 1 NC-j  Aubière 14 Feb
17.01i 2 NC Paris  28 Feb
17.90i WR PB (1) 1 WC Doha 14 Mar
17.20 1 Tremblay-en-France 9 May
17.63 NR AUR 1 Club Ch Franconville  23 May
17.17 1ECCC-A Vila Real de Santo Antonio 30 May
17.63 1 Montreuil-sous-Bois 8 Jun
17.98 NR AUR PB 1  Diamond League New York 12 Jun
17.10 3 ETC Bergen 20 Jun
17.64 1 NC Valence 9 Jul
17.45 3 ECH Barcelona 29 Jul
17.36 1 Diamond League Stockholm 6 Aug
17.27 2 Diamond League London 13 Aug
17.63 1 Metropole Villeneuve d'Ascq  24 Aug
17.52 1 Diamond League Bruxelles 27 Aug
 
Personal bests: Teddy Tamgho

Outdoor  17.98    NR AUR   New York 12 Jun 2010

Indoor     17.90    WR  Doha 14 Mar 2010