Issam Nima ( ar, عصام نيمة, born 8 April 1979 in
El Biar
El Biar (from Arabic "الأبيار", meaning "The Wells") is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It is located in the administrative constituency of Bouzaréah in the Algiers Province. As of the 1998 census, it has a population of 52,582 inhabitant ...
,
Alger) is an Algerian
long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
er. His personal best long jump is 8.26 metres, achieved in July 2007 in
Zaragoza
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which stands as the
Algerian record as of today. He has also competed in the
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
, appearing in this event at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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without reaching the final. His personal best in the triple jump is 16.89 metres achieve in Prague in 2012.
Competition record
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1979 births
Living people
Algerian male long jumpers
Algerian male triple jumpers
People from El Biar
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Algeria
African Games silver medalists for Algeria
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Algeria
World Athletics Championships athletes for Algeria
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games
Universiade silver medalists for Algeria
Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
21st-century Algerian people
20th-century Algerian people