Méta Tumba
{{Short description|French athlete (born 2006)}}
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| nationality = French
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400m hurdles
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|6|3|df=yes}}
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| pb = 400 mH: 55.59 (Lima, 2024) NU20R
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Lima|400 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Competition|European U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Jerusalem|4x400m relay}}
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Méta Tumba (born 3 June 2006) is a French hurdler. She won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 400 metres hurdles.{{cite web|title= Méta Tumba|website=World Athletics|accessdate=1 September 2024|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/france/meta-tumba-14947230}}
Early life
She is from the Charente department, where became a member the Grand Angoulême Athlétisme club and trained initially as a multi-event athlete.{{cite web|url= https://www.sudouest.fr/charente/angouleme/pentathlon-meta-tumba-la-perle-du-grand-angouleme-athletisme-8434549.php?csnt=191ad901f38|website=sudouest.fr|accessdate=1 September 2024|title= Pentathlon : Meta Tumba, la perle du Grand Angoulême Athlétisme|date=9 February 2022}}
Career
She won the French indoor title in February, 2023 over 400 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.charentelibre.fr/sport/athletisme/athletisme-meta-tumba-championne-de-france-cadette-du-400-m-en-salle-14213755.php|website=charentelibre.fr|accessdate=1 September 2024|title= ATHLÉTISME : META TUMBA CHAMPIONNE DE FRANCE CADETTE DU 400 M EN SALLE|date=26 February 2023}} She won bronze in the 400 metres hurdles at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor running a French junior record of 57.10 seconds in July 2023.{{cite web|url= https://athlelana.com/foje-la-cadette-meta-tumba-soffre-le-record-de-france-junior/|website=athlelana.com|title=FOJE: cadet Méta Tumba sets the French record… Junior!!!|date=31 Jul 2023 | accessdate=1 September 2024}} She won gold in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147654?eventId=204596&gender=W|website=World Athletics|title=European Athletics U20 Champiionships|accessdate=1 September 2024|date=10 August 2023}}{{cite web|title= 4 medals for our U20s in Jerusalem| website=athlelana.com|url= https://athlelana.com/4-medailles-pour-nos-u20-a-jerusalem/|date=11 August 2023|accessdate=1 September 2024}}
She won gold in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024 with a French national under-20 record time of 55.59 seconds.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/lima24/news/report/day-five-afternoon-lima-24-jamaica-reid-usa-berhe-topic|website=World Athletics|accessdate=1 September 2024|title= Reid anchors Jamaica to 4x100m title to secure golden double in Lima|date=1 September 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/news/topic-and-tumba-triumph-on-the-final-day-of-the-world-u20-championships|website=European Athletics|accessdate=1 September 2024|title= Topic and Tumba triumph on the final day of the World U20 Championships|date=1 September 2024}} She went unbeaten during the championships, also winning her qualifying heat and semi-final.{{cite web|url= https://www.charentelibre.fr/sport/athletisme/athletisme-la-charentaise-meta-tumba-championne-du-monde-juniors-du-400m-haies-21208252.php?csnt=191ad7197ed|website=Charentelibre.fr|accessdate=1 September 2024|date=1 September 2024|title=ATHLÉTISME : LA CHARENTAISE META TUMBA CHAMPIONNE DU MONDE JUNIORS DU 400M HAIES}}
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Category:French female sprinters
Category:French female hurdlers
Category:21st-century French sportswomen
Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners
Category:Medalists at at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival