Yasser Triki

Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki, OLY (Arabic: ياسر تريكي; born 24 March 1997) is an Algerian athlete competing in the long jump and triple jump.^[3] He won the silver medal in the long jump at the 2017 Summer Universiade.

Yasser Triki

OLY

Yasser Triki in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki
Born	(1997-03-24) 24 March 1997 (age 27) Constantine, Algeria
Education	University of Algiers 3[1] Texas A&M University[2]
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump, Triple jump
Coached by	Azzedine Talhi
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Algeria World Indoor Championships 2024 Glasgow Triple jump African Games 2019 Rabat Long jump 2019 Rabat Triple jump 2023 Accra Long jump African Championships 2018 Asaba Triple jump 2022 Saint Pierre Triple jump Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Triple jump 2018 Tarragona Long jump 2022 Oran Long jump

Triki broke the Algerian record in the triple jump with 17.31 meters achieved in Algiers meeting on 4 June 2021, thus qualifying to the 2020 Summer Olympics. In June 2021, he won the gold medals in both long jump and triple jump at the 2021 Arab Athletics Championships held in Tunis with jumps of 7.96 meters and 17.26 meters, respectively. On 7 July 2021, he improved his national record with a jump of 17.33 meters during the Gyulai István Memorial in Budapest^[4]

Triki also improved the Algerian indoor record in the triple jump several times. He first broke the existing record held by Lotfi Khaida set in Indianapolis in March 1992 with 16.49 meters before Triki broke this on 25 January 2019 in Texas with a jump of 16.52. This record was improved on 11 February 2019 in Texas with 17.00 meters before a new record was set a few days later in Fayetteville (North Carolina) on 23 February 2019 with a mark of 17.12 meters.^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Algeria
2013	Arab Youth Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	Long jump	7.28 m
			1st	Triple jump	15.06 m
	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	7th	Long jump	7.32 m
2014	African Youth Games	Gaborone, Botswana	1st	Long jump	7.63 m
			3rd	Triple jump	15.23 m
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	9th (q)	Long jump	7.35 m1
	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	–	Long jump	NM
2015	African Junior Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	3rd	Long jump	7.39 m
2016	Arab Junior Championships	Tlemcen, Algeria	1st	Long jump	7.43 m
			1st	Triple jump	16.01 m
	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	Long jump	7.81 m
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	14th	Long jump	6.86 m
			5th	Triple jump	16.14 m
	Arab Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	Long jump	7.83 m
			1st	Triple jump	16.63 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	2nd	Long jump	7.96 m
			5th	Triple jump	16.60 m
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	2nd	Long jump	8.01 m
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	4th	Long jump	8.01 m
			3rd	Triple jump	16.78 m
2019	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	Long jump	7.97 m
			1st	Triple jump	16.50 m
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	1st	Long jump	8.01 m
			2nd	Triple jump	16.71 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	20th (q)	Triple jump	16.62 m
2021	Arab Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	Long jump	7.96 m
			1st	Triple jump	17.26 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	5th	Triple jump	17.43 m
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	10th	Triple jump	16.42 m
	African Championships	Port Louis, Mauritius	3rd	Triple jump	16.58 m (w)
	Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	3rd	Long jump	7.80 m
			1st	Triple jump	17.07 m
2023	Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	1st	Long jump	7.83 m
			1st	Triple jump	17.30 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	Triple jump	17.01 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	Triple jump	17.35 m
	African Games	Accra, Ghana	2nd	Long jump	7.83 m (w)
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	9th	Triple jump	17.22 m

¹Did not start in the final

Personal bests

^[6]

Outdoor

• Long jump – 8m08 (+0.2 m/s, Five Rings Sports Center, Wuhan (CHN) 2019)
• Triple jump – 17m43 (+1.0 m/s, Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo (JPN, 5 August 2021, a national record)

Indoor

• Long jump – 7.69 (College Station, Texas 2018)
• Triple jump – 17.12 (Fayetteville, 23 February 2019, NR)

References

1. 2017 Universiade bio
2. 12man.com
3. Yasser Triki at World Athletics
4. "Results of Gyulai István Memorial 2021".
5. "Triki improves the Algerian triple jump record".
6. All-Athletics profile

Olympic Games
Preceded by Amel Melih Mohamed Flissi	Flag bearer for  Algeria Paris 2024 with Amina Belkadi	Succeeded by Incumbent