The long jump star, watched on social media, got his first spikes from the club’s surplus box.
Swedish long jumper Khaddi Sagnia won the women’s long jump with a personal record of 695 cents in the Eugene Diamond League on Saturday.
Second jumped Nigeria Ese Mist With 682 jumps and third in the United States Tara Davis with a result of 673.
After the race, Sagnia was happy and reminded of the importance of celebrating successes.
Long jumper is a well – known public figure in Sweden, and there are many followers from elsewhere through social media. Sagnia’s Instagram account has about 289,000 followers.
However, the starting point for success has not been the easiest possible.
Sagnia was born in Sweden to Gambian parents. When he was five years old, his parents divorced.
Sagnia said Femina magazine in an article published last summer that his father’s departure has left him with a lot of questions.
“It was very tough. There was a time in my life when I wondered why I didn’t have a father and why he didn’t take responsibility. How can you just start a new family and leave the old one? ”
Sagnia’s mother did two jobs to take care of her family. Children also had to take responsibility early.
“We had to learn to take care of ourselves early and help at home. When I was 11, my mother sent me to the bank to pay the bills. ”
Sagnia says in an interview with the magazine that she is very grateful for her mother’s hard work in front of the children.
“He did his best to make it as good as possible for us to be. Although he was sometimes sad that he could not get us what the other children got, he did his best. ”
Despite that the mother supported her daughter in sporting dreams, the money was not enough for camps and special equipment. Sagnia got her first spikes from the club’s surplus box.
sagnia grew up in the suburb of Gothenburg in Hjällbo. It wasn’t as badly gang-hungry in Sagnia’s childhood and adolescence as it is today, but various fights were still commonplace.
It had to be fought to get some kind of respect, he tells Femina magazine.
“They knew I was strong and I wouldn’t back down, and they soon realized it was better to be a friend with me.”