Nabil Adamou (born 8 April 1975) is a retired
Algeria
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long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
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At the 1995 African Junior Championships he won the
triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...
and won the silver medal in the long jump. He won bronze medals in the long jump at the
2002
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and
2004 African Championships. He became Algerian champion in 1995 and 2002, facing competition from the likes of
Lotfi Khaïda, Farid Hassa, Féthi Amira,
Rédouane Youcef and
Issam Nima.
His personal best jump is 7.96 metres, achieved in July 2002 in
Annaba
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and repeated in April 2004 in
Bamako
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References
1975 births
Living people
Algerian male long jumpers
21st-century Algerian sportsmen
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