Nawal Meniker

Nawal Meniker
Personal information
Nationality  France
Born 9 December 1997 (1997-12-09) (age 18)
Perpignan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Event(s) High Jump
Club Athlé Bompas Athlé 66
Coached by Michèle OLIVE CTR - Patrick LEGER FFA

Nawal Meniker, born December 9 1997 at Perpignan, is a athlete French, who specializes in the high jump.

2013/2014  : Cadette Days

During the French Cadette Indoor Championships at Lyon, Nawal (first year in Cadettes) gets the silver medal with a jump of 1.73 m. For her first cap for France, she participates in World Youth Championships at Donetsk in Ukraine and qualified for the final where she placed eighth with a jump of 1.77 m. In 2014, she became Junior Indoor Champion of France at Val de Reuil, and also Junior Outdoor Champion at Valence in the Drome with a jump of 1.82 m. She was outstanding in the early 2014 season, winning at only sixteen, the Elite Indoors Champion of France at Bordeaux with a leap of 1.81 m, beating, notably, Melanie Skotniki. Selected for the 2nd Youth Olympic Games, at Nankin China, Nawal won the silver medal behind Ukraine's Yuliya Levchenko matching and passing the French record of Maryse Ewanjé-Sword with a jump 1.87 m.[1]

2015  : In the Juniors

February 14, 2015 Nantes, She won the title of Junior champion of France with a jump 1.82 m. On February 22, 2015, she retained her title of Elite Indoors Champion of France at Aubière with a jump of 1.85 m, beating Melanie Skotnik, on number of jumping attempts.[2] On June 27, 2015, she improved her personal best at the Happy Jump at Albi with a jump 1.88 m on her second attempt. This performance allows her to qualify for the European Junior Championships taking place in Eskilstuna in Sweden. In July, she easily qualified with a jump 1.79 m for the final of the European Junior Championships where she won, in the final, the silver medal with a jump 1.86 m, overtaken by the British Morgan Lake (1.91 m).

2016  : Confirmation In the Juniors

On February 14, 2016 in Nantes, she won a second Junior French Indoor Championship, with a jump 1.84 m, confirming her good form and failing narrowly at a height of 1.89 m

Prize list

International

International Awards
Date Competition Location Result Height
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk 8th 1.75 m
2014 Youth Olympic Games Nankin 2nd 1.87 m
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna 2nd 1.86 m

National

En plein air
Championship Place Height Location Date
CF 2014 3rd 1,82 m Reims 13 July 2014
En salle
Championship Place Height Location Date
CF 2014 1st 1,81 m Bordeaux 23 February 2014
CF 2015 1st 1,85 m Aubière 21 February 2015

Records

Records personnels
Event Performance Location Date
High jump Outdoors 1,88 m Albi 27 June 2015
Indoors 1,86 m Padoue 26 February 2016

Notes and References

  1. ↑ "JO Jeunesse : Record de médailles pour les Bleus". sportmag.fr. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ France 3 Languedoc-Roussillon (ed.). "La Catalane Nawal Meniker championne de France de saut en hauteur".

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