Hussain Al-Hizam
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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(s) | 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
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | ||||
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 |
2021 | Arab Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | 5.55 m |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 14th (q) | 5.65 m |
Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 2nd | 5.40 m |
1No mark in the final
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