Rogel Nachum

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Nachum in 2000
Nachum in 2015

Rogel Nachum (or Nahum, Hebrew: רוגל נחום; born 21 May 1967) is a retired Israeli triple jumper, whose personal best was 17.20 meters, achieved in June 1992 in Seville.

Nachum participated in three Olympic Games: Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 where he carried the Israeli flag at opening ceremony.

At the 1989 Maccabiah Games, he won the triple jump in 55' 0 1/4", and was then recruited for Kansas State University by U.S. T&F coach Steve Miller.[1]

In 1990 he held the Israeli records in three events: high jump 2.18 m', long jump 7.73 m' and triple jump 16.89 m'.

Rogel's records are:

  • Triple Jump: 17.20 m' (17.31 m' wind 2.3)
  • Long Jump: 7.96 m'
  • High Jump: 2.18 m'

He is the current coach of Israel's Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko.

Achievements[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Israel
1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 23rd (q) Triple jump 14.68 m
1989 Universiade Duisburg, West Germany 8th Triple jump 16.44 m
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 16th (q) Triple jump 16.01 m (wind: +1.5 m/s)
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 24th Triple jump 16.23 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 11th Triple jump 16.73 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 17th Triple jump 16.67 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 6th Triple jump 16.82 m
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 4th Triple jump 16.93 m = NRi[2]
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 8th Triple jump 16.99 m
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 7th Triple jump 16.27 m

Tests[edit]

Lifting[edit]

  • Clean: 140 kg
  • Hang clean 145 kg
  • Snatch: 97.5 kg
  • Half squat: 270 kg (on a bench)

Jumping[edit]

  • Standing long jump: 3.39 m'
  • Standing triple jump: 10.57 m'
  • Standing 5 steps: 18.58 m'
  • Standing 10 steps: 38.70 m'
  • Standing high jump: 1.70 m'
  • High jump with 2 legs: 2.03 m'
  • Standing steps for 100 m': 26.5 steps

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jewish Post 9 August 1989 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
  2. ^ "Dreisprung - Männer (01.03.1998)". Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.

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