With the gold medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, Mihambo's star began to rise into the world's top long jump.
Mihambo's personal best in the long jump is 7.30 meters, achieved on October 6 at the 2019 World Championships in Doha; since then, this distance has not been surpassed by any female jumper.
The foundations of their success are essentially due to a kind of symbiotic interaction with physics and sports teacher Ralf Weber, who had been accompanying her as a coach since she was ten years old.
Both developed their extensive skills together by supporting each other within a manageably small family environment, as well as permanently incorporating international experience into their training.
[13] Since April 2019, she has been studying in the postgraduate master's program in environmental sciences at the University of Hagen and is involved in a social project for children.