{{short description|French hurdler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Aurel Manga | image = Men 60 m hurdles Belgrade 2017 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Aurel Manga (center) at the 2017 European Indoor Championships | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|7|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Paris, France | height = 1.90 m<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bases.athle.fr/asp.net/athletes.aspx?base=biographies&seq=465350494356445549504851 |title=les Biographies |website=bases.athle.fr}}</ref> | weight = 89 kg | sport = Athletics | event = 60 m hurdles<br>110 m hurdles | education = | club = Ca Montreuil 93 | coach = Samba-Koundy Giscard | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{FRA}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Birmingham|60 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2019 Glasgow|60 m hurdles}} }}
'''Aurel Manga''' (born 24 July 1992) is a French athlete specialising in hurdling.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> He finished sixth at the 2016 European Championships and fifth at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.
==Career==
His personal bests are 13.33 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+1.7 m/s, Angers 2016) and 7.53 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Bordeaux 2017).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/382704 |title=All-Athletics profile |access-date=2017-03-11 |archive-date=2016-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401190820/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/382704 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 4 March 2018, Manga won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham in the 60 m hurdles, where Britain's Andrew Pozzi (7.46 seconds) beat America's Jarret Eaton (7.47 seconds) in a photo finish. He repeated his bronze medal win at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, UK.
==Personal life== Born in France, Manga is of Cameroonian descent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://inisport.com/actualites/athletisme/ile-de-france-athletisme/championnats-deurope-en-salle-les-athletes-ultramarins-et-afro-francais-de-la-selection-francaise/ |title=Championnats d'Europe en salle : les athlètes ultramarins et afro-français de la sélection française}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}} |- |rowspan=2|2013 |rowspan=2|European U23 Championships |rowspan=2|Tampere, Finland |10th (sf) |100 m |10.57 |- |6th |4 × 100 m relay |39.46 |- |2016 |European Championships |Amsterdam, Netherlands |6th |110 m hurdles |13.47 |- |rowspan=2|2017 |European Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |5th |60 m hurdles |7.58 |- |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |24th (h) |110 m hurdles |13.58 |- |rowspan=2|2018 |World Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |60 m hurdles |7.54 |- |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |7th |110 m hurdles |13.51 |- |2019 |European Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |60 m hurdles |7.63 |- |rowspan=2|2021 |European Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |5th |60 m hurdles |7.63 |- |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |8th |110 m hurdles |13.38 |- |2022 |European Championships |Munich, Germany |15th (sf) |110 m hurdles |13.70 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Diamond League}} * {{FFA|new_id=518723|old_id=465350494356445549504851}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats|3000035730}} * {{Team France}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manga, Aurel}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes from Paris Category:French men hurdlers Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for France Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for France Category:French sportspeople of Gabonese descent Category:Black French sportspeople Category:21st-century French sportsmen