Hussain Al-Hizam

Hussain Al-Hizam
Hussain Al-Hizam in 2024
Personal information
Born (1998-01-04) 4 January 1998
Jubail, Saudi Arabia[1]
EducationUniversity of Kansas
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Pole vault
College teamKansas Jayhawks
Achievements and titles
Personal bests5.72 m NR (2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Saudi Arabia
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouPole vault
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 BangkokPole vault
Asian Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 AstanaPole vault
Bronze medal – third place2024 TehranPole vault
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2017 BakuPole vault
Gold medal – first place2025 RiyadhPole vault
Silver medal – second place2021 KonyaPole vault
Arab Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 RadèsPole vault
Silver medal – second place2013 DohaPole vault
Silver medal – second place2025 OranPole vault
Bronze medal – third place2023 MarrakeshPole vault
GCC Games
Gold medal – first place2022 KuwaitPole vault
Asian Youth Games
Gold medal – first place2013 NanjingPole vault

Hussain Al-Hizam (Arabic: حسين عاصم آل حزام; born 4 January 1998) is a Saudi Arabian athlete specialising in the pole vault.[2]

Career

After returning home from the Youth Olympics in China in 2014, Al Hizam missed the pit completely, fell to the ground and suffered a spinal fracture. Al Hizam spent a year recovering and training in Los Angeles.[3]

Al-Hizam was an NCAA champion vaulter for the Kansas Jayhawks track and field team, winning the pole vault at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[4]

His personal bests in the event are 5.70 metres outdoors (Austin 2021) and 5.70 metres indoors (2018). Both are current national records.

His father, Asim Al-Hizam, is a former decathlete and a current athletics coach.[3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Saudi Arabia
2013 Arab Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd 4.90 m
Asian Youth Games Nanjing, China 1st 4.70 m
Islamic Solidarity Games Palembang, Indonesia 5th 4.60 m
2014 Asian Junior Championships Taipei, Taiwan 4th 4.85 m
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 4th 4.85 m
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 9th 4.95 m
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 7th (q) 4.95 m1
2016 Asian Junior Championships Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 5th 5.00 m
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 15th (q) 5.10 m
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 1st 5.55 m
Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 7th 5.20 m
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 5th 5.40 m
2021 Arab Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st 5.55 m
2022 GCC Games Kuwait City, Kuwait 1st 5.61 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 14th (q) 5.65 m
Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 2nd 5.40 m
2023 Asian Indoor Championships Astana, Kazakhstan 1st 5.45 m
Arab Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 3rd 5.20 m
Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 2nd 5.56 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 26th (q) 5.35 m
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 3rd 5.65 m
2024 Asian Indoor Championships Tehran, Iran 3rd 5.55 m
Olympic Games Paris, France – NM
2025 Arab Championships Oran, Algeria 2nd 5.45 m
Asian Championships Gumi, South Korea 6th 5.42 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 17th (q) 5.70 m
Islamic Solidarity Games Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1st 5.65 m
2026 GCC Games Doha, Qatar 2nd 5.50 m

1No mark in the final

References

  1. ↑ College bio
  2. ↑ Hussain Al-Hizam at World Athletics
  3. 1 2 Goodwin, Shaun (18 April 2017). "After a lengthy recovery from injury, Hussain Al Hizam has his sights set on the Olympics". The University Daily Kansan. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Kuehn, Michelle (14 July 2023). "Saudi's rising pole vault star Hussain Al-Hizam seeks a medal at 2024 Olympics". arabnews.com.
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