Baya Rahouli

Baya Rahouli
nation	Algeria
birthday	27th July 1979 (age 41)
place of birth	Algiers , Algeria
size	176 cm
Weight	58 kg
Career
discipline	Triple jump
Best performance	14.98 m
Trainer	Hocine Mohamed
status	resigned
End of career	July 16, 2016
Medal table
Africa Games 1 × 1 × 0 × African Championships 2 × 0 × 2 × Mediterranean Games 2 × 0 × 0 × U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 African Championships 4 × 2 × 1 ×
Africa Games silver Johannesburg 1999 14.64 m gold Maputo 2011 14.08 m  African Championships gold Dakar 1998 13.96 m bronze Dakar 1998 6.36 m gold Algiers 2000 14.23 m bronze Radès 2002 13.78 m  Mediterranean Games gold Tunis 2001 14.30 m gold Almería 2005 14.98 m bronze Mersin 2013 14.04 m  Junior World Championships bronze Annecy 1998 14.04 m Junior African Championships gold Algiers 1994 12.02 m silver Algiers 1994 5.41 m bronze Algiers 1994 4 × 100 m gold Bouaké 1995 13.09 m gold Ibadan 1997 100 m hurdles gold Ibadan 1997 13.39 m silver Ibadan 1997 6.12 m
last change: June 19, 2020

Baya Rahouli ( Arabic باية رحولي, DMG Bāya Raḥūlī ; * July 27, 1979 in Algiers ) is a former Algerian athlete who specialized in the triple jump , but also competed in the long jump, sprint and hurdles.

Athletic career

Baya Rahouli gained her first international experience in 1994 when she won the gold medal at the Junior African Championships in Algiers, which was held for the first time at the age of only 15, with a width of 12.02 m and secured the silver medal in the long jump with 5.41 m won bronze in the Algerian 4 x 100 meter relay in 48.58 s. The following year, she won the Junior African Championships in Bouaké again with 13.09 m in the triple jump and finished fifth in the long jump with 5.43 m. In 1996 she reached tenth place at the Junior World Championships in Sydney with 12.97 m and then she won the Pan-Arab Junior Championships in Latakia with 13.48 m in the triple jump and also won the long jump, the 100-meter run and fourth -time-100-meter relay. In 1997 she took part in the Mediterranean Games in Bari for the first time and reached sixth place in the triple jump with 13.25 m. Then she won the Pan-Arab Games in Beirut in 11.98 s over 100 meters and in 14.11 s in the 100-meter hurdles and also with 6.09 m and 13.51 m in the long and triple jump. She also won the Junior African Championships in Ibadan with 13.87 seconds in the hurdle sprint and with 13.39 m in the triple jump and won the silver medal in the long jump with 6.12 m. In 1998 she again took part in the Junior World Championships in Annecy and won there with a new U20 African record of 14.04 m and finished eighth in the hurdles in 14.05 s. In addition, she was eliminated in the long jump with 6.12 m in the qualification. Just two weeks later she won the African Championships in Dakar with a new championship record of 13.96 m in the triple jump and won the bronze medal in the long jump with 6.36 m behind the Nigerians Chioma Ajunwa and Chinedu Odozor .

In 1999 she took part in the Summer Universiade in Palma and was fourth in the triple jump with a jump of 14.22 m. Then she retired at the World Championships in Seville with a new national record of 6.55 m in the long jump qualification and reached tenth place in the triple jump with 14.00 m. She then took part in the Africa Games in Johannesburg for the first time , where she won the silver medal behind the Cameroonian Françoise Mbango Etone with a new national record of 14.64 m . The following year, she improved the championship record at the African Championships in Algiers to 14.23 m and thus successfully defended her title. She also qualified for the Olympic Games in Sydney , where she finished fifth with a width of 14.17 m in the final . In 2001 she won the Mediterranean Games in Tunis with a wind-assisted 14.30 m triple jump and was fifth in the long jump with 5.98 m. The following year she won the bronze medal at the African Championships in Radès with 13.78 m behind the Cameroonian Mbango Etone and Kéné Ndoye from Senegal.

At the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 2003 in Birmingham she reached seventh place with a new indoor record of 14.31 m and at the World Championships in Paris she was eleventh in the final with 14.26 m. Then she won with 6.18 m and 14.02 m in the long and triple jump at the Arab Championships in Amman and won the silver medal behind the Bahraini Ruqaya Al Ghasra over 100 meters in 11.69 s . In 2004 she was classified in tenth place at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest with 14.19 m, and this year she qualified again for the Olympic Games in Athens , where she finished sixth with 14.86 m in the final . She then won the Pan-Arab Games in Algiers with 6.19 m and 14.49 m in the long and triple jump and in 11.84 s and 13.49 s in the 100-meter and 100-meter hurdles. In 2005, she improved her national record to 14.98 m at the Mediterranean Games in Almería , setting a new player record. In the long jump, however, she did not make a valid attempt. She then took part in the World Championships in Helsinki , where she finished seventh with 14.40 m. In 2006 she played only a few competitions, but reached fifth place at the African Championships in Bambous with 13.47 m.

After she did not compete in 2007, she took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing again in 2008 , but did not reach the final there with 13.87 m . In 2010 she was fourth at the African Championships in Nairobi with 13.64 m and the following year she won the African Games in Maputo with a jump of 14.08 m. Before that she reached eighth place at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, with 14.12 m. In December she won the Arab Games in Doha with 14.01 m in the triple jump and was disqualified over 100 meters in the final due to a false start. In 2012 she retired from the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul with 13.83 m in qualification and at the African Championships in Porto-Novo she was fourth with 13.50 m. In 2013 she won the bronze medal at the Mediterranean Games in Mersin with 14.04 m behind the Greek Athanasia Perra and Snežana Rodič from Slovenia. So she qualified for the last time for the World Championships in Moscow , where she was eliminated with 13.41 m in the qualification. In 2016 she played her last competition at the Algerian Championships in Algiers, which she also won with 12.86 m and then ended her career at the age of 37.

In 2000, 2002 and 2003, 2010, 2011 and 2012 as well as 2016 Rahouli became Algerian champion in the triple jump and in 2002 also in the long jump. In 1999 she was victorious in the 100 meter run.

Life

Baya Rahouli comes from a sporty family. Her brother Hamimed Rahouli set an African record in the 50 km walk in 1987 and her sister Hamida was successful as an all-rounder and javelin thrower. Baya grew up in the Bal El Oued housing estate and started athletics under the direction of Dalila Tayebi . Due to her success in youth, she received support from the Algerian government and decided to drop out of school. After the Olympic Games in Sydney, she broke up with her coach Ait Amar and was tempted to end her career. But she decided to continue alongside Mohamed Zerrouki , but ended the collaboration after two more unsuccessful years. From 2005 she trained with Hocine Mohamed and achieved her best results with him. Numerous injuries prevented further success at the top of the world from 2007 onwards. In 2009 she gave birth to a child and therefore did not participate in any competitions.

Personal best

• 100 meters: 11.51 s (0.0 m / s), June 17, 1999 in Algiers
  • 60 meters (hall): 7.45 s, February 23, 1999 in Eaubonne ( Algerian record )
• 100 m hurdles: 13.49 s, October 7, 2004 in Algiers
• Long jump: 6.70 m (−0.1 m / s), September 5, 1999 in Rieti ( Algerian record )
• Triple jump: 14.98 m (+0.2 m / s), July 1, 2005 in Almería ( Algerian record )
  • Triple jump (hall): 14.31 m, March 15, 2003 in Birmingham ( Algerian record )

Web links

• Baya Rahouli in the database of World Athletics (English)