Teresa Nzola Meso Ba (born 30 November 1983, in Luanda) is an Angolan-French triple jumper.
Biography She formerly represented Angola, but switched to France in 2003. Before this she set an Angolan triple jump record of 13.49 metres, which still stands.net/Records/AFRIQUE/PLEINAIR/RECANG.txt Angolan athletics records
Nzola Meso Ba finished ninth at the 2006 European Championships. At the 2007 European Indoor Championships, she finished third in a new French indoor record and personal best jump of 14.49 metres. Her personal best jump before the event was 14.07 metres, achieved in 2006.
She then competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. She improved her personal best to 14.69 metres in June 2007 in Munich.
Competition record Representing 2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain16th (q)Triple jump13.31 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany8thTriple jump13.47 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden9thTriple jump13.76 m2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rdTriple jump14.49 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan17th (q)Triple jump13.94 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain9th (q)Triple jump14.17 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China14th (q)Triple jump14.11 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy5thTriple jump14.31 mMediterranean GamesPescara, Italy2ndTriple jump14.16 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany11thTriple jump13.79 m2013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey7thTriple jump13.36 m
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