Dezardin Prosper
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| Born | Joseph Dezardin Prosper 10 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Events | High jump, Long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | High jump: 2.15m (Kinshasa, 2023) Triple jump: 14.44 (Montbéliard, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Dezardin Prosper (born 10 June 2000) is an athlete from Mauritius who competes in the high jump, triple jump and long jump.[1]
Biography
In 2018, Prosper won gold in the triple jump at the CAA Southern Region Youth & Junior Championships in Ekurhuleni, South Africa.[2] That year, he won national U20 titles in the high jump and the triple jump.[3]
Prosper won the bronze medal at the African U20 Championships in the triple jump, and also finished fifth in the high jump at the championships.[4][5]
Prosper finished seventh in the high jump at the 2022 African Championships in St Pierre, Mauritius.[6]He won the Mauritius national championship in the high jump in 2023.[7] Later that year, he won the high jump at the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie in Kinshasa with a personal best clearance of 2.15m.[8][9]
Prosper finished seventh in the high jump at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra in 2024.[10] He finished tenth at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics in the high jump, in Cameroon, in June 2024.[11]
Prosper placed eighth at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics, with a clearance of 2.05 metres.[12]
Prosper was selected to represent his country in the high jump at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[13]
References
- ↑ "Dezardin Prosper". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "Athlétisme : Dezardin et Nigathe brillent en Afrique du Sud". Lemauricien. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "Jérémie Lararaudeuse et Mélissa Nigathe élus meilleurs athlètes". lexpress. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "JIOI 2019 - African Cadet/Junior Championships: Silver for Jérémie Lararaudeuse in the 110m hurdles". lexpress. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "Mauritius Bags Ten Gold Medals in the First Day". allafrica.com. 23 Jul 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
- ↑ "African Athletics Championships - Men's High Jump". World Athletics. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ↑ "Mauritian Championship". World Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "Mauritian Athletics In The Spotlight At The Games Of La Francophonine". lematinal. August 5, 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "Jeux de la Francophonie : Encore une médaille d'or pour Maurice grâce à Dezardin Prosper". ionnews.mu. August 4, 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ↑ "African Games - Men's High Jump". World Athletics. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ↑ "African Athletics Championships - Men's High Jump". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ↑ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- ↑ Hoybun, Qadeer (July 22, 2026). "Maurice on a quest for medals". 5plus.mu. Retrieved 22 July 2026.