Rogel Nachum (or Nahum, Hebrew: רוגל נחום; born 21 May 1967) is a retired Israeli triple jumper, whose personal best was 17.20 meters, achieved in June 1992 in Seville.
Nachum participated in three Olympic Games: Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 where he carried the Israeli flag at opening ceremony.
At the 1989 Maccabiah Games, he won the triple jump in 55' 0 1/4", and was then recruited for Kansas State University by U.S. T&F coach Steve Miller.[1]
In 1990 he held the Israeli records in three events: high jump 2.18 m', long jump 7.73 m' and triple jump 16.89 m'.
Rogel's records are:
- Triple Jump: 17.20 m' (17.31 m' wind 2.3)
- Long Jump: 7.96 m'
- High Jump: 2.18 m'
He is the current coach of Israel's Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Israel
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| 1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 23rd (q) | Triple jump | 14.68 m |
| 1989 | Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | 8th | Triple jump | 16.44 m |
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 16th (q) | Triple jump | 16.01 m (wind: +1.5 m/s) |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 24th | Triple jump | 16.23 m |
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11th | Triple jump | 16.73 m |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 17th | Triple jump | 16.67 m |
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 6th | Triple jump | 16.82 m |
| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 4th | Triple jump | 16.93 m = NRi[2] |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 8th | Triple jump | 16.99 m | |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 7th | Triple jump | 16.27 m |
Tests
Lifting
- Clean: 140 kg
- Hang clean 145 kg
- Snatch: 97.5 kg
- Half squat: 270 kg (on a bench)
Jumping
- Standing long jump: 3.39 m'
- Standing triple jump: 10.57 m'
- Standing 5 steps: 18.58 m'
- Standing 10 steps: 38.70 m'
- Standing high jump: 1.70 m'
- High jump with 2 legs: 2.03 m'
- Standing steps for 100 m': 26.5 steps
See also
References
- ^ "Jewish Post 9 August 1989 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
- ^ "Dreisprung - Männer (01.03.1998)". Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite (in German). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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This page was last edited on 9 January 2024, at 11:54