Mohamed Younis Idris

Mohamed Younis Idris[1][2][3] (born 15 September 1989) is a Sudanese athlete specialising in the high jump.

In 2010, he competed for the first time at the African Championships in Nairobi, where he immediately won the bronze medal behind Botswana's Kabelo Kgosiemang and Raoul Matongno of Cameroon with a height of 2.15m.

The following year, he won the African Games in Maputo with a leap of 2.25 m, before taking the bronze medal at the Arab Championships in al-Ain with a height of 2.13 m behind Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Majd Eddin Ghazal of Syria.

He then won the bronze medal at the African Championships in Marrakesh with a leap of 2.22 m behind Kgosiemang and Cameroon's Fernand Djoumessi.

[11] As part of the series "Giants", a major monument by French artist JR showed Younis Idris at the Aterro do Flamengo in Rio during the Olympics.