Rogel Nachum (or Nahum, ; 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.
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 Representing 1986World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece23rd (q)Triple jump14.68 m1989UniversiadeDuisburg, West Germany8thTriple jump16.47 m1990European Championships Split, Yugoslavia16th (q)Triple jump16.01 m (wind: +1.5 m/s)1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain24thTriple jump16.23 m1995World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden11thTriple jump16.73 m1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States17thTriple jump16.67 m1997World Indoor Championships Paris, France6thTriple jump16.82 m1998European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain4thTriple jump16.93 m = NRiEuropean Championships Budapest, Hungary8thTriple jump16.99 m1999World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan7thTriple jump16.27 m
Tests
Lifting Clean: 140 kg Hang clean 145 kg Snatch: 97.5 kg Half squat: 270 kg (on a bench)
Jumping 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 List of Israeli records in athletics List of Maccabiah records in athletics
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