Saliyya Guisse

Saliyya Guisse
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1996-07-08) 8 July 1996
Brussels, Belgium
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event
Triple jump
ClubBelgium: Royal Excelsior Sports Club Brussels
France:Entente Sambre Avesnois 59*
Coached byMarilyn Milants
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 BirminghamTriple jump

Saliyya Guisse (born 8 July 1996) is a Belgian athlete specializing in triple jump.[1] In the 2026 European Athletics Championships she won the silver medal.[2][3] At the time this was the best ever result of a Belgian triple jumper in an international competition, bettering the bronze medal of Svetlana Bolshakova in the 2010 European Athletics Championships.

Career

Guisse won six Belgian triple jump championship titles, 3 indoor and 3 outdoor. Indoor, she became the Belgian triple jump champion for the first time in 2018. The following year, she successfully defended the title. In 2024, she won the indoor title for the third time. Outdoor, she became the Belgian triple jump champion for the first time in 2022.[4] She won the title for a second time in 2024.[5] In 2025, she won the outdoor title for the third time.[6]

Guisse represented Belgium at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Chorzów, Poland.[7] She never qualified for an international individual competition until, at age 30, she was chosen to represent Belgium at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, Great Britain. Having entered the competition with a personal best of 13.97 metres set at the Belgian Athletics Championships a fortnight earlier,[8] she qualified for the finale with her first ever jump over 14.00 metres. [9]. In the final she surprised everyone by bettering her personal best with nearly 40 centimeters and taking the silver medal.[10] [11] As an amateur without a contract with Belgian Athletics,[12] Guisse credited her success as the result of a close-knit family team: during her whole career her mother was her head coach and technical coach, her father oversaw her sprint and strength training, her partner—former pole vaulter Arnaud Art—often trained alongside her and her sister was one of her physiotherapists.[13]

Personal life

Guisse is the partner of Belgium pole vaulter Arnaud Art.[11] In January 2025 Guisse, became the sporting patron of the Erasmus Fund's sporting events. The Erasmus Fund fosters and supports the development of research and medical advances at the Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium, for the benefit of all.[14].

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Saliyya GUISSE | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  2. ↑ "Saliyya Guisse overjoyed with silver in triple jump: "Truly crazy"". Belga News Agency. 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Fenomenale Saliyya Guisse pakt onverwacht zilver in hinkstapspringen, Ilona Masson valt nét naast podium". hln.be.
  4. ↑ "BK atletiek: Rosius wint de 100m in persoonlijk record, Thiam is 2e op de horden na Zagré" [Belgian Athletics Championships: Rosius wins the 100m with a personal best; Thiam finishes 2nd in the hurdles behind Zagré.] (in Dutch). Sporza. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "BK dag 1: Delphine Nkansa wint mooie 100 meterfinale tegen Rani Rosius" [Belgian Championships Day 1: Delphine Nkansa wins thrilling 100m final against Rani Rosius]. atletiek.be (in Dutch). 29 June 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Het BK atletiek zit erop: dit zijn alle Belgische kampioenen" [The Belgian Athletics Championships have concluded: here are all the Belgian champions.] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "2023 European Team Championships Silesia". atletiek.be (in Dutch). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Allianz BK AC en AMH dag 2: Ben Broeders en Elie Bacari schitteren voor eigen publiek" [Allianz Belgian Championships AC and AMH Day 2: Ben Broeders and Elie Bacari shine in front of a home crowd.]. atletiek.be (in Dutch). 26 July 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Repêchée et finalement qualifiée pour la finale : la drôle d'aventure de Saliyya Guisse" [Given a second chance and ultimately qualifying for the final: Saliyya Guisse’s unusual journey.] (in French). RTBF. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Women's triple jump report. Derkach shocks to take gold for Italy". European Athletic Association. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Eigenlijk was ze niet eens welkom op dit EK: maak kennis met Saliyya Guisse, die op haar 1e toernooi meteen zilver pakt" [She wasn't even supposed to be at these European Championships: meet Saliyya Guisse, who won silver in her very first tournament.] (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Saliyya Guisse en argent au triple saut, un pied de nez à Belgian Athletics ? "Il faut laisser une chance à vos athlètes"" [Saliyya Guisse takes silver in the triple jump—a snub to Belgian Athletics? "You have to give your athletes a chance."] (in French). RTBF. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  13. ↑ ""Atleten kunnen zichzelf overstijgen, ik ben het levende bewijs": Saliyya Guisse hoopt dat EK-zilver ogen opent" ["Athletes can surpass themselves; I am living proof": Saliyya Guisse hopes European Championship silver opens eyes.] (in Dutch). Sporza. 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Saliyya Guisse : une étoile du triple saut belge au service des événements sportifs du Fonds Erasme" [Saliyya Guisse: a Belgian triple jump star supporting Erasmus Fund sporting events]. fondserasme.org (in French). 23 January 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Saliyya Guisse, ambassadrice sportive de Waterloo" [Saliyya Guisse, sporting ambassador of Waterloo]. waterloo.be (in French). 21 August 2026. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
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