Hussain Assem Al-Hizam (born 4 January 1998 in Jubail) is a Saudi Arabian athlete specialising in the pole vault. He won the gold medal at the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ...

. 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.After a lengthy recovery from injury, Hussain Al Hizam has his sights set on the Olympics
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Competition record

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References

1998 births Living people Saudi Arabian male athletes People from Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Kansas Jayhawks men's track and field athletes Asian Games competitors for Saudi Arabia Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Saudi Arabia Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics 21st-century Saudi Arabian people Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games {{SaudiArabia-athletics-bio-stub