HERZOGENAURACH, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sports activities firm PUMA has signed Qatari athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim, one of the vital profitable excessive jumpers of all time, who will put on the corporate’s efficiency merchandise beginning on the Diamond League Assembly in Lausanne.
With three World Championships and an Olympic Gold to his title, Barshim has already received every little thing there’s to win in his sport. On the World Championships in Eugene this 12 months, he efficiently defended his title and confirmed he’s nonetheless on prime of his recreation.
“We’re so completely happy to welcome Mutaz to our PUMA Household,” stated Pascal Rolling, Head of Sports activities Advertising and marketing. “He’s an extremely proficient athlete, and his attraction and sportsmanship has completed a lot to advertise athletics throughout the globe.”
Famously, Barshim and Italian PUMA athlete Gianmarco Tamberi determined to share the Gold on the Olympic Video games in Tokyo after leaping the identical peak, creating memorable moments of equity and comradery.
Barshim’s private finest of two.43 meters is the Asian File and the second-highest bounce of all time. At PUMA, Barshim is a part of a gaggle of world-class athletes akin to 400m hurdles World File Holder Karsten Warholm, pole vault World File Holder Armand “Mondo” Duplantis and Jamaican sprinters Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah.
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