Hussain Al-Hizam
Hussain Al-Hizam is a Saudi Arabian athlete specialising in the pole vault.
Career
After returning home from the Youth Olympics in China in 2014, Al Hizam missed the pit completely, fell to the ground and suffered a spinal fracture. Al Hizam spent a year recovering and training in Los Angeles.Al-Hizam was an NCAA champion vaulter for the Kansas Jayhawks track and field team, winning the pole vault at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 5.70 metres outdoors and 5.70 metres indoors. Both are current national records.
His father, Asim Al-Hizam, is a former decathlete and a current athletics coach.