Hussain Al-Hizam
Hussain Al Hizam during Täby Stavhoppsgala, in Sweden - May 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 4, 1998 Jubail, Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Kansas | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Kansas Jayhawks | |||||||||||||||||
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Hussain Assem Al-Hizam (Arabic: حسين عاصم آل حزام; born 4 January 1998 in Jubail) is a Saudi Arabian athlete specialising in the pole vault. He won the gold medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.
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.