Hussain Al-Hizam
 Hussain Al-Hizam in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 4, 1998 |
| Education | University of Kansas |
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
| College team | Kansas Jayhawks |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 5.72 m NR (2025) |
Medal record | |
Hussain Al-Hizam (Arabic: حسين عاصم آل حزام; born 4 January 1998) is a Saudi Arabian athlete specialising in the pole vault.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
Competition record
1No mark in the final
References
- ^ College bio
- ^ Hussain Al-Hizam at World Athletics
- ^ "After a lengthy recovery from injury, Hussain Al Hizam has his sights set on the Olympics". The University Daily Kansan. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ^ "Saudi's rising pole vault star Hussain Al-Hizam seeks a medal at 2024 Olympics". arabnews.com.
- ^ After a lengthy recovery from injury, Hussain Al Hizam has his sights set on the Olympics
