Nawal Meniker

Nawal Meniker

Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 27)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: Outdoors 1.93m (Tucson, 2023) High jump: Indoors 1.92m (Aubiére, 2023)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  France Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing High jump European Junior Championships 2015 Eskilstuna High jump

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]

She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she qualified for the final and placed eleventh overall.[9]

References

1. "Nawal Meniker". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
2. "Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Results - World Athletics". World Athletics. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
3. Hingray, Arnaud (20 July 2015). "Athletics: Catalan Nawal Meniker wins silver in Sweden in the high jump". lindependant.fr. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
4. "Championnats de France : Solène Gicquel s'offre le titre et affole les compteurs". letelegramme. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
5. "Nawal Meniker clears 1.93m in Tucson". Newsinfrance.com. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
6. "Team champions for the first time! Italy dominates in Silesia 2023". European Athletics. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
7. "Solène Gicquel qualifies for the high jump final at the world championships". euro.dayfr.com. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
8. "La Rennaise Solène Gicquel se qualifie pour la finale du saut en hauteur aux championnats du monde". Le Telegramme. August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
9. "Women's high jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.