Hussain Al-Hizam (; born 4 January 1998) is a Saudi Arabian athlete specialising in the pole vault.
Career After returning home from the Youth Olympics in China in 2014, Al Hizam missed the pit completely, fell to the ground and suffered a spinal fracture. Al Hizam spent a year recovering and training in Los Angeles.
Al-Hizam was an NCAA champion vaulter for the Kansas Jayhawks track and field team, winning the pole vault at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 5.70 metres outdoors (Austin 2021) and 5.70 metres indoors (2018). Both are current national records.
His father, Asim Al-Hizam, is a former decathlete and a current athletics coach.
Competition record Representing 2013Arab ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2nd4.90 mAsian Youth GamesNanjing, China1st4.70 mIslamic Solidarity GamesPalembang, Indonesia5th4.60 m2014Asian Junior ChampionshipsTaipei, Taiwan4th4.85 mYouth Olympic GamesNanjing, China4th4.85 mAsian GamesIncheon, South Korea9th4.95 m2015World Youth ChampionshipsCali, Colombia7th (q)4.95 m12016Asian Junior ChampionshipsHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam5th5.00 mWorld U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland15th (q)5.10 m2017Islamic Solidarity GamesBaku, Azerbaijan1st5.55 mAsian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, India7th5.20 m2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia5th5.40 m2021Arab ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia1st5.55 m2022GCC GamesKuwait City, Kuwait1st5.61 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States14th (q)5.65 mIslamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey2nd5.40 m2023Asian Indoor ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan1st5.45 mArab ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco3rd5.20 mAsian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand2nd5.56 mWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary26th (q)5.35 mAsian GamesHangzhou, China3rd5.65 m2024Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran3rd5.55 mOlympic GamesParis, France –NM2025Arab ChampionshipsOran, Algeria2nd5.45 mAsian ChampionshipsGumi, South Korea6th5.42 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan17th (q)5.70 mIslamic Solidarity GamesRiyadh, Saudi Arabia1st5.65 m2026GCC GamesDoha, Qatar2nd5.50 m 1No mark in the final
References
External links
Hussain Asim Al Hizam at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)