GHAZAL Majd Eddin

Syrian Arab Republic
Athletics
21 Apr 1987
36
Male
1.96/6'5''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's High Jump 6

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Men's High Jump Qualification - Group B
Finished
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Men's High Jump Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Games
3Men's High Jump2018Indonesia2.24
6Men's High Jump2014Incheon, KOR2.20
QualificationMen's High Jump2010Guangzhou, CHN2.10
Olympic Games
7Men's High Jump2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA2.29
QualificationMen's High Jump2020Tokyo, JPN2.21
QualificationMen's High Jump2012London, GBR2.16
QualificationMen's High Jump2008Beijing, CHN2.20
World Championships
3Men's High Jump2017London, GBR2.29
QualificationMen's High Jump2019Doha, QAT2.17
QualificationMen's High Jump2015Beijing, CHN2.29
QualificationMen's High Jump2013Moscow, RUS2.22
QualificationMen's High Jump2011Daegu, KOR2.21
QualificationMen's High Jump2009Berlin, GER2.15
Diamond League
1Men's High Jump2019London, GBR2.30
2Men's High Jump2019Rome, ITA2.28
2Men's High Jump2018Doha, QAT2.33
2Men's High Jump2017Zurich, SUI2.31
2Men's High Jump2017Birmingham, GBR2.31
3Men's High Jump2018Monaco, MON2.27
3Men's High Jump2017Paris, FRA2.32
3Men's High Jump2016Monaco, MON2.34
4Men's High Jump2018Oslo, NOR2.25
4Men's High Jump2017Doha, QAT2.29
5Men's High Jump2019Birmingham, GBR2.23
6Men's High Jump2018Lausanne, SUI2.25
6Men's High Jump2016Brussels, BEL2.29
7Men's High Jump2019Shanghai, CHN2.25
9Men's High Jump2017Oslo, NOR2.20
9Men's High Jump2017Shanghai, CHN2.20
10Men's High Jump2019Zurich, SUI2.20
World Challenge
1Men's High Jump2016Beijing, CHN2.36
3Men's High Jump2018Ostrava, CZE2.25
3Men's High Jump2017Ostrava, CZE2.27
5Men's High Jump2019Nanjing, CHN2.26
Asian Championships
1Men's High Jump2019Doha, QAT2.31
2Men's High Jump2011Kobe, JPN2.28
3Men's High Jump2017Bhubaneswar, IND2.24
5Men's High Jump2013Pune, IND2.21
8Men's High Jump2015Wuhan, CHN2.10
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Jojo Jump (Facebook profile, 23 Sep 2021)
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Football, swimming, basketball. (beinsports.com, 04 Apr 2019)
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Administrator, Athlete
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Sport Studies
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Wife Rahaf Salameh, daughter Emma [2022]
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Arabic, English
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His father Tarad was a football player and has served as the Syrian national team head coach. (mondialar.com, 24 Sep 2019)
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He struggled with a severe case of anaemia while competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (iaaf.org, 09 Oct 2017)
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He first tried the sport at age seven. He took up athletics professionally in 2005 in the Syrian Arab Republic, beginning in long jump and triple jump before switching to high jump in 2006. (Athlete, 16 Feb 2020; mondialar.com, 24 Sep 2019; esyria.sy, 11 Aug 2011)
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His father encouraged him to get involved in the sport after seeing how tall he was becoming. "I come from an athletic family. I started with football, then basketball because of my height. After that, I tried athletics after being recommended to try it by a number of coaches. I felt that I would be able to achieve a lot through this sport." (Athlete, 16 Feb 2020; beinsports.com, 04 Apr 2019; esyria.sy, 11 Aug 2011)
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US triple jumper Christian Taylor. (Athlete, 16 Feb 2020)
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Coach Imad Al-Sarraj. (Athlete, 16 Feb 2020)
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He was flag bearer for the Syrian Arab Republic at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016. (iaaf.org, 09 Oct 2017; dailystar.com.lb, 19 May 2016)

Additional Information

General
SPORTING DIFFICULTIES
He lives in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, and has experienced problems obtaining visas following the conflict that began there in 2011. He was unable to participate in the 2017 Diamond League meeting in Rabat, Morocco, after he was refused the papers to enter the country, although he then acquired a six-month visa through Spain that allowed him to compete in Europe. In 2022 he missed the world championships in Eugene, OR, United States of America, due to visa delays. He has also had to regularly go to Beirut, Lebanon, in order to travel to international events as there have been no international flights out of the Syrian Arab Republic. "I'm an expert in embassies, where they are, their addresses, when they open, when they close, what documents you need for a visa. I'm an administrative expert in this subject. Everyone is surprised when I say I still train and live in Syria." (Facebook profile, 01 Dec 2022; infobae.com, 14 Jul 2022; Athlete, 16 Feb 2020; sport360.com, 09 Aug 2017)

OCCUPATION
He works for the Ministry of Education in the Syrian Arab Republic. (Facebook profile, 01 Dec 2022)

OTHER ROLES
He has served as a member of the World Athletics Athletes' Commission. (Facebook page, 01 Dec 2022; china.org.cn, 19 Nov 2019)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event