Fakhraldien Fuad Gor ( ar, فخر الدين فؤاد ; born October 23, 1967,

Amman, Jordan Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is ...

), a

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

ian former athlete who specialized in the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

. While competing as a junior, he broke the Jordanian national record and was the first Jordanian to ever leap over 2.00m, followed that by breaking new barriers over 2.10m and 2.20m. Gor represented Jordan in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, and three world championships ( 1987 World Championship, 1991 World Championship and 1993 World Championship). In 1999 he ended his career with 36 international and regional titles in addition to winning all national championships between 1986 and 1999, breaking the Jordanian National record 13 times, alone raising the bar 10 inches, settling at 7'5" since 1991. In 1990 Gor received the gold medal of achievement from King Hussein of Jordan and was awarded the title of the best athlete in Jordan for 1990, 1991, 1997, 1999. In 1999 he received a National Cordon of Merit from King Abdullah II for winning two consecutive Pan Arab Games and breaking the Arab Games Record. Gor was also chosen as the athlete of the century for Jordan in the year 2000 by the ''Addustour'' newspaper. In 2003 Fouad was recognized by the League of Arab nations for exquisite athletic achievements for a quarter a century for Jordan and was presented with the league's medal in Cairo-Egypt in the presence of the Arab League and representatives from every Arab Nation. Gor was the first Jordanian Athlete to be elected as a member of the board of directors for the Jordanian National Olympic Committee, the first Jordanian to be nominated for the international athletes' commission's election in Sydney Olympics 2000. Gor was also one of the founders of the Jordanian athletes' commission, and the Jordanian Olympians association and served on board of both, in addition, he was on the board of the Jordanian international athletes association and head of the cultural committee. In 2004 Gor served as the head of the delegation for shooting to the world cup in Milan-Italy. In 2013, he was ranked as number 1 in the United States and number 7 in the world in the Masters' Category.

International competitions

* 1991 Arab Athletics Championships Gold Medalist * 1993 Arab Athletics Championships Bronze Medalist *

1995 Arab Athletics Championships The 1995 Arab Athletics Championships was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Cairo, Egypt from 26 to 28 August. A total of 45 athletics events were contested, 25 for men and 20 for ...

Silver Medalist * 1997 Arab Athletics Championships Gold Medalist *

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 ...

Gold Medalist *

1997 West Asian Games The 1st West Asian Games was held from 19 to 28 November 1997 in Tehran, Iran and had around 850 athletes and 236 team officials participating from 10 countries in 11 sports. Initially only men were allowed to participate. The nations that partici ...

Gold Medalist/Games Record *

1999 Pan Arab Games The 1999 Pan Arab Games were ninth edition of the multi-sport event between Arab countries and were held from August 15 to August 31. A total of around 4600 athletes from 21 countries participated in the 29 sports on offer. The opening ceremony tha ...

Gold Medalist/Games Record

References

External links

Jordan Athletics Federation website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fouad, Fakhredin 1967 births Living people Jordanian high jumpers Olympic athletes for Jordan Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Jordanian male athletes Male high jumpers Sportspeople from Amman World Athletics Championships athletes for Jordan Asian Games competitors for Jordan