Nawal Meniker (born 9 December 1997) is a French track and field athlete who competes in the

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Career

She won the silver medal at the

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in 2014, behind

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. She won the silver medal behind Morgan Lake in Eskilstuna at the

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. She began to be coached by Mickaël Hanany, based in

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in 2022. Meniker cleared a personal best indoors height of 1.92m in Aubiére, in February 2023. She then cleared a height of 1.93 outdoors in

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in April 2023. She won high jump in Division I at the

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in June 2023 with a clearance of 1.92 metres. Making her World Championship debut in August 2023, she qualified for the high jump final at the

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with a jump of 1.89 metres.

References

1997 births Living people French female high jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for France 21st-century French sportspeople Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{France-highjump-bio-stub