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 26) 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

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.^[3]

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

¹No mark in the final

References

1. College bio
2. Hussain Al-Hizam at World Athletics
3. After a lengthy recovery from injury, Hussain Al Hizam has his sights set on the Olympics