Sasha Zhoya

Sasha Zhoya (born 25 June 2002) is a track and field athlete with the triple nationality France, Australia and Zimbabwe.

Sasha Zhoya
Personal information
Full nameSasha Zhoya
NationalityFrance, Australia, Zimbabwe
Born (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002
Subiaco, Australia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)hurdling, sprinting and pole vaulting
ClubMelville Little Athletics
Clermont Athlétisme Auvergne
Coached byPaul Burgess, Alex Parnov, Lindsay Bunn, Jason Moyle, Philippe d'Encausse, Francois Juillard, Lindsay Bunn, Ladji Doucouré, Dimitri Demonière

Born in Subiaco, Australia, he is the current holder of three World U18 Best Performances (110 m hurdles, Pole vault and 60 m hurdles) [1] and one World U20 Record (60 m hurdles). [2]

Biography

Family and beginnings

Sasha Zhoya was born on 25 June 2002 in Subiaco, locality of the southern suburbs of Perth in Australia, from a French mother Catherine Larbiose-Zhoya and a Zimbabwean father, Yonah Zhoya, so that he has the triple nationality Franco-Australian-Zimbabwean.

Raised in Australia, he began athletics at the age of 8 at Melville Little Athletics, where his mother was a coach,[3] and joined the Australian Institute of Sport at age 14. He is trained by Lindsay Bunn for sprinting events, and by Paul Burgess and Alex Parnov for the pole vault.[4]

He started training in France in 2017, at Clermont Athlétisme Auvergne, club of his mother's city of origin, where he is coached by Philippe d'Encausse for the pole vault.[5]

Holder of three passports and competing in both Australian and French youth championships, Sasha Zhoya had to decide which country he will represent in competition. In 2020, he decided to compete for France.[6] He joined the sprint-hurdles group of the French Athletics Federation at INSEP, supervised by Ladji Doucouré for the hurdles and Dimitri Demonière for the sprint events.[7]

Under-18

In 2018, at the French Junior Outdoor Championships in Bondoufle, Sasha won the silver medal on the 100 metres and the gold medal on the 200 metres.

In February 2019, at the French Junior Indoor Championships in Liévin, he won two gold medals with two French National Youth Records, for pole vault with a 5.32 m vault and for the 60 metres hurdles with 7.48 seconds. It was his first competitive outing at the hurdles distance and equalled the youth record owned with Ladji Doucouré.

In April 2019, at the Australian Junior Championships, he broke the world under-18 record in pole vault with 5.56 m, one centimetre more than the Greek Emmanouíl Karalís in 2016.[8]

In June 2019 at La Chaux-de-Fonds, he broke the French National Youth Record of the 100 m with 10.41s (+1.4m/s).[9]

In July 2019, at the semi-final of French Junior Outdoor Championships in Angers, he broke the world under-18 record for the 110 meters hurdles in 12.87 s (+1.6 m/s), improving by 9 hundredths, the previous record of the Jamaican Jaheel Hyde of 2014.[8][10][11] He later won the final with 12.96 s. The next day, he won the 200 m final and descended for the first time below 21 seconds, with 20.81 s but with wind assistance (+ 3.1 m/s).

A few days later, he broke the French National Youth Record of the 200 m in a meeting at Sotteville-lès-Rouen with 20.91 s.[12]

Under-20

In 2020, at the French Junior Indoor Championship in Miramas, Sasha broke the world under-20 record in the 60 m hurdles with 7.34 s in the final.[2][13]

Statistics

Personal records
Event Performance Place Date
60 m hurldes (91 cm) Indoor 7.48s (WYR) Liévin, France 24 February 2019
60 m hurldes (99 cm) Indoor 7.34s (WU20R) Miramas, France 22 February 2020
100 m Outdoor 10.41s (NYR) La Chaux-de-Fonds, France 30 June 2019
200 m Outdoor 20.91s (NYR) Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France 16 July 2019
110 m hurdles (91cm) Outdoor 12.87s (WYR) Angers, France 06 July 2019
Pole Vault Outdoor 5.56 m (WYR) Sydney, Australia 1 April 2019
Indoor 5.32 m (NYR) Liévin, France 23 February 2019
Decathlon (U18) Outdoor 7271 points Perth, Australia 13 January 2019

National titles
  • French Athletics Championships
    • 100 m: 2018 (U18)
    • 200 m: 2019 (U18)
    • 60 m hurdles (indoor): 2019 (U18), 2020 (U20)
    • 110 m hurdles: 2019 (U18)
    • Pole vault (indoor): 2019 (U18)
  • Australian Athletics Championships
    • 200 m: 2017 (U16), 2019 (U18)
    • 110 m hurdles: 2017 (U17), 2019 (U18)
    • Pole vault: 2017 (U17), 2019 (U20)

References
  1. "IAAF". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  2. "IAAF". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  3. "Zhoya lights up Australian athletics". The Standard. 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  4. "Melville Roar Athletics Club". Community News Group. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  5. "Cinq choses à savoir sur Sasha Zhoya, recordman du monde cadets du saut à la perche - Athlé". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  6. "ATHLE.FR | Sasha Zhoya choisit la France". www.athle.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  7. "Dimitri Demonière, coach de Sasha Zhoya : " Il est doué mais encore perfectible " - Athlé". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  8. "IAAF". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  9. "Record de France cadet du 100m pour Sasha Zhoya - Athlé". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  10. Sasha Zhoya sets new national record for the Boy's U18 110m hurdles, 2019-04-06, retrieved 2020-01-08
  11. "Sasha Zhoya établit un nouveau record du monde cadets sur 110 m haies en 1287 - Athlé - 110 m haies". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  12. "Sasha Zhoya (nouveau recordman de France cadets du 200 m) : " Je suis content que ce soit fini ! " - Athlé - Sotteville". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  13. "European Athletics - Zhoya scorches to a world indoor U20 60m hurdles record in Miramas". european-athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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