Lotfi Khaïda ( ar, لطفي خيدا, born 20 December 1968) is a retired

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er and

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er. At the 1988 African Championships he won the triple jump silver medal and the long jump bronze medal. He won bronze medals in the triple jump at the

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and

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, and won the long jump at the

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. He competed in both long and triple jump at the 1988 Olympic Games, and in triple jump at the 1992 Olympic Games without reaching the final. He also doubled in both long and triple jump at the

and 1993 World Championships without reaching the final. He became Algerian long jump champion in 1998, 1989, 1991 and 1994; and triple jump champion in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1995. His personal best in the long jump event is 8.05 metres, achieved on 31 July 1994 in

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setting a new Algerian record until broken by

Issam Nima Issam Nima ( ar, عصام نيمة, born 8 April 1979 in El Biar, Alger) is an Algerian long jumper. His personal best long jump is 8.26 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Zaragoza which stands as the Algerian record as of today. He has also comp ...

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on 12 August 2005 with a jump of 8.13 meters. His personal best triple jump is 16.92 metres, achieved in August 1993 in

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. The latter was the Algerian record until broken by

Yasser Triki Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki ( ar, ياسر تريكي; born 24 March 1997) is an Algerian athlete competing in the long jump and triple jump. He won the silver medal in the long jump at the 2017 Summer Universiade. He also won multiple medals at re ...

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on 26 October 2019 with a jump of 17.02 meters being the first Algerian to exceed the 17 meters mark. Kaida was also holding the Algerian indoor record in the triple jump set in

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since March 1992 with 16.49 meters before this is broken by

on 25 January 2019 in

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with a jump of 16.52.

References

1968 births Living people Algerian male long jumpers Algerian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Algeria Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics 21st-century Algerian people 20th-century Algerian people {{Algeria-athletics-bio-stub