Hussain Al-Hizam
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Jubail, Saudi Arabia[1] | January 4, 1998
Education | University of Kansas |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
College team | Kansas Jayhawks |
Hussain Asim 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 5.60 metres outdoors (Tempe 2017) and 5.46 metres indoors (Fayetteville 2017). Both are current national records.
His father, Asim Al-Hizam, is a former decathlete and a current athletics coach.[3]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Saudi Arabia | ||||
2013 | Arab Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 4.90 m |
Asian Youth Games | Nanjing, China | 1st | 4.70 m | |
Islamic Solidarity Games | Palembang, Indonesia | 5th | 4.60 m | |
2014 | Asian Junior Championships | Taipei, Taiwan | 4th | 4.85 m |
Youth Olympic Games | Nanjing, China | 4th | 4.85 m | |
Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 9th | 4.95 m | |
2015 | World Youth Championships | Cali, Colombia | 7th (q) | 4.95 m1 |
2016 | Asian Junior Championships | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 5th | 5.00 m |
World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 15th (q) | 5.10 m | |
2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st | 5.55 m |
Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 7th | 5.20 m | |
2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 5th | 5.40 m |
1No mark in the final
References
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Saudi Arabian male athletes
- People from Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Kansas Jayhawks men's track and field athletes
- Asian Games competitors for Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabian athletics biography stubs