Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki ( ar, ياسر تريكي; born 24 March 1997) is an Algerian athlete competing in the
long jump
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and
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 ...
. He won the silver medal in the long jump at the
2017 Summer Universiade
The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...
. He also won multiple medals at regional level.
Triki has broken the Algerian record in triple jump several times and was the first Algerian to jump over 17 meters.
Triki broke the Algerian record in the triple jump with 17.31 meters achieved in Algiers meeting on 4 June 2021, thus qualifying to the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. In June 2021, he won the gold medals in both
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 ...
and
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 ...
at the
2021 Arab Athletics Championships held in Tunis with jumps of 7.96 meters and 17.26 meters, respectively. On July 7, 2021, he improved his national record with a jump of 17.33 meters during the
Gyulai István Memorial
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in
Budapest
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Triki also improved the Algerian indoor record in triple jump several times. He first broke the existing record held by
Lotfi Khaida set in
Indianapolis in March 1992 with 16.49 meters before Triki broke this on 25 January 2019 in
Texas
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with a jump of 16.52. This record was improved on 11 February 2019 in Texas with 17.00 meters before a new record was set a few days later in
Fayetteville (
North Carolina
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) on 23 February 2019 with a mark of 17.12 meters.
International competitions
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Personal bests
All-Athletics profile
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Outdoor
*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 ...
– 8m08 (+0.2 m/s, Five Rings Sports Center, Wuhan
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(CHN) 2019)
*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 ...
– 17m43 (+1.0 m/s, Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
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(JPN, 5 August 2021, a national record)
Indoor
*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 ...
– 7.69 (College Station, Texas 2018)
*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 ...
– 17.12 (Fayetteville, 23 February 2019, NR)
References
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1997 births
Living people
Algerian male long jumpers
Algerian male triple jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Algeria
Texas A&M Aggies men's track and field athletes
Algerian expatriates in the United States
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Universiade silver medalists for Algeria
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
African Games competitors for Algeria
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
African Games gold medalists for Algeria
African Games silver medalists for Algeria
Olympic athletes for Algeria
21st-century Algerian people