Yasser Triki
Yasser Triki in 2018
Personal information
Full nameYasser Mohamed Tahar Triki
Born (1997-03-24) 24 March 1997
Constantine (Algeria)
EducationUniversity of Algiers 3[1]
Texas A&M University[2]
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long jump, Triple jump
Coached byAzzedine Talhi

Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki (Arabic: ياسر تريكي; born 24 March 1997) is an Algerian athlete competing in the long jump and triple jump.[3] He won the silver medal in the long jump at the 2017 Summer Universiade. 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. In June 2021, he won the gold medals in both long jump and triple jump 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 in Budapest[4]

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 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) on 23 February 2019 with a mark of 17.12 meters.[5]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Algeria
2013 Arab Youth Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st Long jump 7.28 m
1st Triple jump 15.06 m
World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 7th Long jump 7.32 m
2014 African Youth Games Gaborone, Botswana 1st Long jump 7.63 m
3rd Triple jump 15.23 m
World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 9th (q) Long jump 7.35 m1
Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China – Long jump NM
2015 African Junior Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3rd Long jump 7.39 m
2016 Arab Junior Championships Tlemcen, Algeria 1st Long jump 7.43 m
1st Triple jump 16.01 m
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th Long jump 7.81 m
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 14th Long jump 6.86 m
5th Triple jump 16.14 m
Arab Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st Long jump 7.83 m
1st Triple jump 16.63 m
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 2nd Long jump 7.96 m
5th Triple jump 16.60 m
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 2nd Long jump 8.01 m
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 4th Long jump 8.01 m
3rd Triple jump 16.78 m
2019 Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt 2nd Long jump 7.97 m
1st Triple jump 16.50 m
African Games Rabat, Morocco 1st Long jump 8.01 m
2nd Triple jump 16.71 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 20th (q) Triple jump 16.62 m
2021 Arab Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st Long jump 7.96 m
1st Triple jump 17.26 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 5th Triple jump 17.43 m
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 10th Triple jump 16.42 m
African Championships Port Louis, Mauritius 3rd Triple jump 16.58 m (w)
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 3rd Long jump 7.80 m
1st Triple jump 17.07 m
2023 Arab Games Oran, Algeria 1st Long jump 7.83 m
1st Triple jump 17.30 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th Triple jump 17.01 m

1Did not start in the final

Personal bests

[6]

Outdoor

Indoor

  • Long jump – 7.69 (College Station, Texas 2018)
  • Triple jump – 17.12 (Fayetteville, 23 February 2019, NR)

References

  1. ↑ 2017 Universiade bio
  2. ↑ 12man.com
  3. ↑ Yasser Triki at World Athletics
  4. ↑ "Results of Gyulai István Memorial 2021".
  5. ↑ "Triki improves the Algerian triple jump record".
  6. ↑ All-Athletics profile
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