Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi (; born 19 June 1981 in Dhahran) is a Saudi Arabian long jumper. His personal best jump, 8.48 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France. is also the current Asian record.IAAF long jump records
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.IAAF Focus on Athletes: Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi - IAAF.org
International competitions
Representing 2002West Asian GamesKuwait City, Kuwait4th7.55 mAsian ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka –NM2003Asian ChampionshipsManila, Philippines9th7.63 m2004Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran 1st7.94 mWorld Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary14th (q)7.80 mPan Arab GamesAlgiers, Algeria 2nd7.79 m2005Islamic Solidarity GamesMecca, Saudi Arabia 1st8.44 m2006World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 2nd8.34 mWorld Cup Athens, Greece 3rd8.11 m2007Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan 1st8.16 m (w)World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan18th (q)7.85 mPan Arab GamesCairo, Egypt 1st8.19 m2008Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar 1st8.24 m (iAR)World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 3rd8.01 mOlympic Games Beijing, China14th (q)7.93 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany36th (q)7.66 m2010West Asian ChampionshipsAleppo, Syria1st8.00 mAsian GamesGuangzhou, China11th6.78 m2016Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar8th7.52 m
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