Nabil Adamou (born 8 April 1975) is a retired

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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. At the 1995 African Junior Championships he won 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 ...

and won the silver medal in the long jump. He won bronze medals in the long jump at the

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and 2004 African Championships. He became Algerian champion in 1995 and 2002, facing competition from the likes of

Lotfi Khaïda Lotfi Khaïda ( ar, لطفي خيدا, born 20 December 1968) is a retired Algerian long jumper and triple jumper. At the 1988 African Championships he won the triple jump silver medal and the long jump bronze medal. He won bronze medals in the ...

, Farid Hassa, Féthi Amira,

Rédouane Youcef Rédouane Youcef (born 29 January 1974) is a retired Algerian decathlete. He won gold medals at the 1998 and 2000 African Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2002 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 1999 All- ...

and

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 ...

. His personal best jump is 7.96 metres, achieved in July 2002 in

Annaba Annaba ( ar, عنّابة, "Place of the Jujubes"; ber, Aânavaen), formerly known as Bon, Bona and Bône, is a seaport city in the northeastern corner of Algeria, close to the border with Tunisia. Annaba is near the small Seybouse River ...

and repeated in April 2004 in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...

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