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Men's athletics | ||
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Asian Games | ||
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2006 Doha | Long jump |
Asian Indoor Games | ||
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2005 Bangkok | Long jump |
Asian Athletics Championships | ||
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2007 Amman | Long jump |
Asian Indoor Championships | ||
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2014 Hangzhou | Long jump |
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2008 Doha | Long jump |
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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 0 1⁄2 in) indoors and 8.02 m (26 ft 3 1⁄2 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 7 1⁄4 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.