Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer ( ar, عبدالرحمن حمٌاد, born May 27, 1977, in

Dellys Dellys ( ar, دلّس, Berber: Delles) is a small Mediterranean town in northern Algeria's coastal Boumerdès Province, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the Sebaou River. It is the district seat of the daïra of Dellys. The town ...

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athlete who competed in the

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. He represented his country at the

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, taking the

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and made a second appearance at the

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.Abderrahmane Hammad
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. His personal best of 2.34 m is the Algerian record for the event. He retired from the sport in 2010. In 2020, he became the President of the Algerian Olympic Committee.

Biography

Hammad began his international career as a junior in 1994 with high jump

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s at the

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and Pan Arab Junior Championships. He went on to win the African Junior

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the following year and then the Arab Junior title in 1996. He competed at the

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but did not make it into the final round. Hammad won his first Algerian title in 1997 and went on to take nine consecutive titles up to 2005. He had his first international success at senior level in 1997, taking silver at both the Pan Arab Championships and the

1997 Pan Arab Games The 8th Pan Arab Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon between July 12 and July 27, 1997. 3253 athletes from 18 countries participated in events in 22 sports. Over 50,000 people gathered in the Sports City in Beirut for the opening ceremony of the e ...

. He ascended to the top of the continental rankings at the 1998 African Championships in Athletics, where he secured the African title with a clearance of 2.21 metres.African Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. He was selected to represent Africa at the

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as a result and finished in sixth place.Hammad Abderrahmane

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. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. He improved further the following season and was runner-up at the 1999 All-Africa Games with a jump of 2.24 m and cleared 2.27 m to win the silver at the

1999 Military World Games The 1999 Military World Games was the second edition of the global multi-sport event for military personnel, organised by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). It was hosted in Zagreb, Croatia from 8 to 17 August. Mar del Plata, Argent ...

. He managed tenth place at the

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that year and improved his personal best to 2.32 m in

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in September. The 2000 season marked the peak of his career: first, he retained his continental title at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics in

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with a career best and championship record jump of 2.34 m. He then made his Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Games. He reached the final round and cleared 2.32 m – sixth other athletes achieved the same mark but Hammad secured the

through count-back. He won the high jump at the

2001 Mediterranean Games The XIV Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2001), commonly known as the 2001 Mediterranean Games, were the 14th Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 2-15 September 2001, where 2,991 athletes ( ...

the following season and was ninth in the final at the

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. He won a third consecutive high jump title at the

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, took bronze at the

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and placed fourth for Africa at the 2002 IAAF World Cup. He had a season's best of 2.30 m in 2003 but failed to make the final round at the

2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. Men's results ...

. He represented Algeria for a second time at the Olympics at the 2004 Games in

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, but again failed to reach the final. He competed at the

2004 Pan Arab Games The 10th Pan Arab Games was an international multi-sport event which took place in Algiers, Algeria, between 24 September and 10 October 2004. It witnessed the participation of all Arab League members for the first time – 22 countries participate ...

and took the high jump title with eight centimetres to spare over the opposition.Matthews hurdles 13.21, Kamel wins 800m, Al Bishi doubles, and Rahouli takes fourth title in Pan-Arab Games – Day 4

(2004-10-08). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. The 2007 season was his final year at the top level of international competition: he was second to

Kabelo Kgosiemang Kabelo Kgosiemang (born 7 January 1986) is a high jumper from Botswana. He has won the high jump at the African Championships in Athletics on five consecutive occasions. His personal best, also the current national record of Botswana, was set i ...

to take silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games and made a third and final appearance for Algeria at the World Championships, being eliminated in the qualifying stage.

Competition record

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