Cheikh Touré

Cheikhou Tidiane Touré (born January 25, 1970) is a

athlete who specialised in the long jump

. He retired after the 2003 season.

His best international performance came in the 1997 World Championships, where he finished 7th.

His personal best jump was 8.46, a result he achieved in

African record which stood for over twelve years.^[1] Ignisious Gaisah of Ghana jumped 8.51 m at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics, but as the tail wind was too strong (+3.7 m/s) the result could not become a new record [1]. On July 4, 2009, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena of South Africa jumped 8.50 m in Madrid

setting a new record.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Senegal
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	33rd (q)	Long jump	6.49 m
1989	Jeux de la Francophonie	Casablanca, Morocco	7th	Long jump	7.48 m
1994	Jeux de la Francophonie	Bondoufle, France	6th	4 × 100 m relay	40.69 s
1994	Jeux de la Francophonie	Bondoufle, France	1st	Long jump	8.06 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	6th (q)	Long jump	7.86 m¹
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	18th (q)	Long jump	7.85 m
	All-Africa Games	Harare, Zimbabwe	1st	Long jump	8.10 m
1996	African Championships	Yaoundé, Cameroon	2nd	Long jump	7.79 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	16th (q)	Long jump	7.91 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	13th (q)	Long jump	7.84 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	7th	Long jump	7.98 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Antananarivo, Madagascar	1st	Long jump	8.19 m
Representing France
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	23rd (q)	Long jump	7.76 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	20th (q)	Long jump	7.87 m
2001	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	6th	Long jump	7.76 m