Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi
Appearance
Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (born 19 June 1981) is a Saudi Arabian long jumper. His personal best is 8.48 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. This is also the current Asian record.[1]
At the global level, he competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Asian Games, won bronze medals at the IAAF World Cup and IAAF World Indoor Championships, and represented Saudi Arabia at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009. He is a three-time Asian champion, having won at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in 2004 and 2008, as well as the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships.
He is coached by Messaoud Bouhouche.[2]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Saudi Arabia | ||||
2002 | Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | – | NM |
2003 | Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 9th | 7.63 m |
2004 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 1st | 7.94 m |
World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 14th (q) | 7.80 m | |
Pan Arab Games | Algiers, Algeria | 2nd | 7.79 m | |
2005 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Mecca, Saudi Arabia | 1st | 8.44 m |
2006 | World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 8.34 m |
World Cup | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 8.11 m | |
2007 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 1st | 8.16 m (w) |
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 18th (q) | 7.85 m | |
Pan Arab Games | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | 8.19 m | |
2008 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | 8.24 m (iAR) |
World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 3rd | 8.01 m | |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 14th (q) | 7.93 m | |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 36th (q) | 7.66 m |
2010 | Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 11th | 6.78 m |
2016 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 8th | 7.52 m |
References
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Saudi Arabian male long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Saudi Arabia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Saudi Arabia
- Asian Games competitors for Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabian athletics biography stubs