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Saleh Al-Haddad

Saleh Al-Haddad
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kuwait
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Long jump
Asian Indoor Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Bangkok Long jump
Asian Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Amman Long jump
Asian Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Hangzhou Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2008 Doha Long jump
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Pattaya Long jump

Saleh Abdelaziz Al-Haddad (Arabic: صالح عبدالعزيز الحداد‎‎; born 7 April 1986) is a Kuwaiti track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. He holds the Kuwaiti records for the event with bests of 7.94 m (26 ft 012 in) indoors and 8.02 m (26 ft 312 in) outdoors. He also holds the national best for the 60 metres, with his time of 6.78 seconds. He represented Kuwait at the global level at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

Al-Haddad has had international success at regional and continental level. His best results were silver medals at the 2006 Asian Games and 2007 Asian Athletics Championships. He has won a medal of each colour during his career at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships (with a gold coming in 2014). He has had podium finishes in regional events including the Pan Arab Games, Arab Athletics Championships, West Asian Games and GCC Athletics Championships.

His first medals came at the Gulf Cooperation Council Youth Championships, where he was runner-up in 2002 then won the long jump in a personal best of 7.50 m (24 ft 714 in) in 2003. He represented his country at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics and competed in the long jump, triple jump and in the Swedish medley relay. He was the winner of the long jump at the Arab Junior Athletics Championships the following year.


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