Mutaz Barsham

Mutaz Barsham
Barsham in 2011
Personal information
Full nameMutaz Essa Barsham
NationalityQatari
Born (1991-06-24) 24 June 1991 (age 33)[1]
Doha, Qatar
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[1]
Websitemutazbarshim.net
Sport
CountryQatar
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2012 London
  • High jump -  Silver
  • 2016 Rio de Janeiro
  • High jump -  Silver
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • High jump -  Gold
  • 2024 Paris
  • High jump -  Bronze
World finals
  • 2011 Daegu
  • High jump - 7th
  • 2013 Moscow
  • High jump -  Silver
  • 2015 Beijing
  • High jump - 4th
  • 2017 London
  • High jump -  Gold
  • 2019 Doha
  • High jump -  Gold
  • 2022 Eugene
  • High jump -  Gold
  • 2023 Budapest
  • High jump -  Bronze
Highest world ranking1 (weeks 23)
Personal bests
  • Outdoor
  • High jump: 2.43 m (7 ft 11+12 in) AR (Brussels 2014)
  • Indoor
  • High jump: 2.41 m (7 ft 10+34 in) AR (Athlone 2015)

Mutaz Essa Barsham[a] (Arabic: معتز عيسى برشم, romanizedMuʿtazz ʿĪsā Baršam; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the high jump and is the former Olympic Champion. He is also the former World Champion and second highest jumper of all-time with a personal best of 2.43. He won gold at the 2017 World Championships in London, at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, as well as the 2022 World Championships in Eugene. At the Olympics, Barsham originally won the full set of medals with bronze at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, silver at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, and shared gold at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2021, his bronze in the London 2012 Summer Olympics was promoted to silver in a three-way tie for second due to disqualification of the original gold medalist, leaving him with two silvers and a gold. His bronze at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics yet again completed his full set of Olympic medals. He was the Asian Indoor and World Junior champion in 2010, and won the high jump gold medals at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships and 2011 Military World Games. He holds the Asian record in high jump.

Barsham jumps off his left foot, using the Fosbury Flop technique, with a pronounced backwards arch over the bar which he achieves by looking over the landing mat. One of his brothers, Muamer, is also a high jumper. Barsham is regarded as one of the best high jumpers of all time with 4 Olympic medals, including one Olympic gold medal.

  1. ^ a b c "Mutaz Essa Barshim". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 29 March 2023.


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