Khalid Lachheb (born 16 January 1975) is a retired
pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...
er from
France
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.
He set his personal best (5.80 metres) on 25 August 1998 at a meet in
Lausanne
Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ...
. He has a twin brother,
Taoufik Lachheb, who is also a former pole vaulter (personal best at 5.72 metres). They were both students at Polytechnique (Paris, France), a well-known institution for engineering.
Achievements
See also
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French all-time top lists - Pole vault
External links
trackfield.brinkster
1975 births
Living people
French male pole vaulters
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
FISU World University Games gold medalists for France
Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
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