Hussain Al-Hizam
Saudi Arabian pole vaulter (born 1998)
Hussain Al Hizam during Täby Stavhoppsgala, in Sweden - May 2024 | |
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Born | (1998-01-04) January 4, 1998 (age 26) Jubail, Saudi Arabia[1] |
Education | University of Kansas |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
College team | Kansas Jayhawks |
Hussain Assem Al-Hizam (born 4 January 1998 in Jubail) is a Saudi Arabian athlete specialising in the pole vault.[2] He won the gold medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.
His personal bests in the event are 5.70 metres outdoors (Austin 2021) and 5.70 metres indoors ( 2018). Both are current national records.
His father, Asim Al-Hizam, is a former decathlete and a current athletics coach.[3]
Competition record
1No mark in the final
References
- ^ College bio
- ^ Hussain Al-Hizam at World Athletics
- ^ After a lengthy recovery from injury, Hussain Al Hizam has his sights set on the Olympics
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Asian Indoor Champions in men's pole vault
- 2004: Zhang Hongwei (CHN)
- 2006–08: Daichi Sawano (JPN)
- 2010: Mohsen Rabbani (IRI)
- 2012: Yang Yansheng (CHN)
- 2014: Hsieh Chia-han (TPE)
- 2016: Huang Bokai (CHN)
- 2018: Nikita Filippov (KAZ)
- 2023: Hussain Al-Hizam (KSA)
- 2024: Zhong Tao (CHN)
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