Nawal Meniker (born 9 December 1997) is a French track and field athlete who competes in the high jump.[1]

Career

She won the silver medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing in 2014, behind Yuliya Levchenko.[2] She won the silver medal behind Morgan Lake in Eskilstuna at the 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships.[3]

She began to be coached by Mickaël Hanany, based in El Paso, Texas in 2022. Meniker cleared a personal best indoors height of 1.92m in Aubiére, in February 2023. She then cleared a height of 1.93 outdoors in Tucson, Arizona in April 2023.[4][5]

She won high jump in Division I at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia in June 2023 with a clearance of 1.92 metres.[6]

Making her World Championship debut in August 2023, she qualified for the high jump final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a jump of 1.89 metres.[7][8]

She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she qualified for the final and placed eleventh overall.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Nawal Meniker". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Results - World Athletics". World Athletics. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. ^ Hingray, Arnaud (20 July 2015). "Athletics: Catalan Nawal Meniker wins silver in Sweden in the high jump". lindependant.fr. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Championnats de France : Solène Gicquel s'offre le titre et affole les compteurs". letelegramme. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Nawal Meniker clears 1.93m in Tucson". Newsinfrance.com. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Team champions for the first time! Italy dominates in Silesia 2023". European Athletics. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Solène Gicquel qualifies for the high jump final at the world championships". euro.dayfr.com. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ^ "La Rennaise Solène Gicquel se qualifie pour la finale du saut en hauteur aux championnats du monde". Le Telegramme. August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Women's high jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.


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