Hussain Al-Hizam

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.^[2] He won the gold medal at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.

Hussain Al-Hizam

Hussain Al Hizam during Täby Stavhoppsgala, in Sweden - May 2024
Personal information
Born	(1998-01-04) January 4, 1998 (age 27) Jubail, Saudi Arabia[1]
Education	University of Kansas
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
College team	Kansas Jayhawks
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Saudi Arabia Asian Indoor Championships 2023 Astana Pole vault 2024 Tehran Pole vault

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Saudi Arabia
2013	Arab Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	4.90 m
	Asian Youth Games	Nanjing, China	1st	4.70 m
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	5th	4.60 m
2014	Asian Junior Championships	Taipei, Taiwan	4th	4.85 m
	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	4th	4.85 m
	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	9th	4.95 m
2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	7th (q)	4.95 m1
2016	Asian Junior Championships	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	5th	5.00 m
	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	15th (q)	5.10 m
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	1st	5.55 m
	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	7th	5.20 m
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	5th	5.40 m
2021	Arab Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	5.55 m
2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	1st	5.61 m
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	14th (q)	5.65 m
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	2nd	5.40 m
2023	Asian Indoor Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	1st	5.45 m
	Arab Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	3rd	5.20 m
	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	2nd	5.56 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	26th (q)	5.35 m
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	3rd	5.65 m
2024	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	3rd	5.55 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	–	NM
2025	Arab Championships	Oran, Algeria	2nd	5.45 m
	Asian Championships	Gumi, South Korea	6th	5.42 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	17th (q)	5.70 m

¹No mark in the final