Nawal Meniker Explained

Nawal Meniker
Nationality:	French
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	High jump
Birth Date:	9 December 1997
Pb:	High jump: Outdoors 1.93m (Tucson, 2023) High jump: Indoors 1.92m (Aubiére, 2023)

Nawal Meniker (born 9 December 1997) is a French track and field athlete who competes in the high jump.^[1]

Career

She won the silver medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing in 2014, behind Yuliya Levchenko.^[2] She won the silver medal behind Morgan Lake in Eskilstuna at the 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships.^[3]

She began to be coached by Mickaël Hanany, based in El Paso, Texas in 2022. Meniker cleared a personal best indoors height of 1.92m in Aubiére, in February 2023. She then cleared a height of 1.93 outdoors in Tucson, Arizona in April 2023.^{[4] [5]}

She won high jump in Division I at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia in June 2023 with a clearance of 1.92 metres.^[6]

Making her World Championship debut in August 2023, she qualified for the high jump final at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a jump of 1.89 metres.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nawal Meniker. World Athletics. 25 August 2023.
2. Web site: World Athletics. 25 August 2023. Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Results - World Athletics. 26 August 2014.
3. Web site: Athletics: Catalan Nawal Meniker wins silver in Sweden in the high jump. lindependant.fr. 25 August 2023. 20 July 2015. Arnaud. Hingray.
4. Web site: Championnats de France : Solène Gicquel s’offre le titre et affole les compteurs. letelegramme. 25 August 2023. 18 February 2023.
5. Web site: Newsinfrance.com. Nawal Meniker clears 1.93m in Tucson. 25 August 2023. 19 April 2023.
6. Web site: Team champions for the first time! Italy dominates in Silesia 2023. European Athletics. 3 June 2024. 25 June 2023.
7. Web site: 25 August 2023. euro.dayfr.com. Solène Gicquel qualifies for the high jump final at the world championships. 25 August 2023.
8. Web site: La Rennaise Solène Gicquel se qualifie pour la finale du saut en hauteur aux championnats du monde. Le Telegramme. 25 August 2023. August 2023.