Abderrahmane Hammad
| Abderrahmane Hammad medal table |
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 Algeria
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| bronze | 2000 Sydney | 2.32 m |
| Pan-African Games | ||
| silver | 1999 Johannesburg | 2.24 m |
| African Championships | ||
| gold | 1998 Dakar | 2.21 m |
| gold | 2000 Algiers | 2.34 m |
| gold | 2002 Tunis | 2.25 m |
Abderrahmane Hammad ( Arabic عبد الرحمن حماد, DMG ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān Ḥammād ; * May 27, 1977 in Dellys ) is a former Algerian high jumper .
From 1997 to 2005 he was the Algerian high jump champion nine times in a row. His personal best of 2.34 m is also the Algerian national record (as of April 2010).
At the international level, he celebrated his greatest success by winning the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . He also won three consecutive African championships (1998, 2000 and 2002) and won the silver medal at the 1999 African Games in Johannesburg .
He also took part in four World Athletics Championships (1999, 2001, 2003 and 2007), reached the finals twice and finished ninth in 2001 in Edmonton as the best place . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , he missed the finals.
Abderrahmane Hammad is 1.89 m tall and had a competition weight of 70 kg. After numerous injuries, he ended his active career in early 2010.
Top performances
- High jump: 2.34 m, July 14, 2000, Algiers
Web links
- Abderrahmane Hammad in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Algerian Championships
- ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Flash News of the Day , April 11, 2010
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hammad, Abderrahmane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Algerian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dellys , Algeria |