Majd Eddin Ghazal Explained

Headercolor:	98c9f5
Birth Date:	21 April 1987
Height:	1.93 m
Weight:	72 kg
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	High jump
Pb:	2.36 m (outdoor) NR 2.28 m (indoor) iNR

Majd Eddin Ghazal (Arabic: مجد الدين غزال; born 21 April 1987) is a Syrian high jumper.^[1] He utilizes the Fosbury Flop style, jumping off his left leg. He was the national flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the Men's high jump event, he ranked 28th and did not advance to the final in 2012. He qualified for the finals and finished 7th in 2016.

Career

At the 2015 World Championships held in Beijing's Olympic Stadium, the Birds Nest, he leaped a national record 2.29m on his first attempt in qualifying on August 28, but a miss at an earlier height placed him 15th, with only the top 14 advancing to the finals. He ended his 2015 season on October 5, winning the Military World Games held in Mungyeong, South Korea, and setting a new Meet & National record of 2.31m (07.58feet).

He then on 18 May 2016 while competing in an International World Challenge (IWC) meet in Beijing, China, won that competition and, in so doing, raised his Syrian national record 3 times en route to a world-leading jump of 2.36m (07.74feet). At the Bird's Nest stadium, the 29-year-old Ghazal successively cleared 2.32m (first attempt), then 2.34 m and 2.36 m each attempt adding to the 2016 world lead.^[2]

In 2017, he was one of five athletes training in Damascus. He trains with shot putter and discus thrower Hiba Omar.^[3]

On 13 August 2017, Ghazal won the bronze medal at the World Championships in London, UK with a 2.29 m jump. It was Syria's second world medal in history, after Ghada Shouaa (gold in 1995 and bronze in 1999 competing in the heptathlon).

Competition record

Representing
2007	Arab Championships	Amman, Jordan	3rd	2.17 m
	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	14th	2.10 m
	Pan Arab Games	Cairo, Egypt	3rd	2.14 m
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.21 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	24th (q)	2.20 m (=NR)
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	9th	2.15 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	28th (q)	2.15 m
	Arab Championships	Damascus, Syria	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.16 m
	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.22 m (iNR)
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	8th	2.10 m
2010	West Asian Championships	Aleppo, Syria	3rd	2.18 m
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	13th (q)	2.10 m
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.28 m (NR)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	23rd (q)	2.21 m
	Arab Championships	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.22 m
2012	Asian Indoor Championships	Hangzhou, China	3rd	2.24 m (iNR)
	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	12th (q)	2.26 m (iNR)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	28th (q)	2.16 m
	West Asian Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	3rd	2.15 m
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	8th	2.18 m
	Asian Championships	Pune, India	5th	2.21 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	21st (q)	2.22 m
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.20 m
2014	Asian Indoor Championships	Hangzhou, China	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.20 m
	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	6th	2.20 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	7th	2.10 m
		Beijing, China	15th (q)	2.29 m (NR)
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	bgcolor=gold	1st	2.31 m (NR)
2016	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.28 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	2.29 m
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	bgcolor=gold	1st	2.28 m
	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	3rd	2.24 m
		London, United Kingdom	3rd	2.29 m
		Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	bgcolor=gold	1st	2.26 m
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	bgcolor=gold	1st	2.28 m
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	3rd	2.24 m
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	bgcolor=gold	1st	2.31 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	25th (q)	2.17 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	19th (q)	2.21 m
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.22 m
2023	Asian Indoor Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	3rd	2.24 m
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	6th	2.19 m

Notes and References

1. Web site: Majed Aldin Ghazal. London2012.com. 27 July 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120723001553/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ghazal-majed-aldin-1136429/. 23 July 2012.
2. Web site: IAAF News.
3. News: Cocktail of politics, sport - Bangalore Mirror -. Bangalore Mirror. 2018-03-17.