Athlete Will Dibo
“It was the best decision of my life”
His father Jean Pierre Dibo was once a professional footballer, played for the Ivory Coast and also met the great Diego Maradona. Will Dibo now wants to take on the world's elite in the discus throw.
The 22-year-old is currently honing his technique at home in Vienna before heading back to the USA in mid-August. Where the track and field athlete will change universities, moving from Memphis to Oklahoma. "I wanted to go to a top university so that I could continue to develop," he explains.
And reveals that his athletic career also began on the soccer pitch. "I was playing for Simmering" when athletics coach Alexander Matejka discovered him. "The switch was the best decision of my life," which his father also supported.
Success came quickly. He won more than 20 national championship titles, as well as the red-white-red U18 record in the discus throw, which he took from Lukas Weißhaidinger. The big goal: "The 2028 Olympic Games."
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