Hatem Mersal

Hatem Mohamed Mersal (born 20 January 1975) is an Egyptian long jumper.

His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Oslo. This is the current national record.^[1] He is currently retired, and coaching long jump prodigy Yeong Kwon Yun, and 100m specialist Rumi Kotadia from the Track and Field team of Cairo American College.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Egypt
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	29th (q)	Long jump	7.26 m
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	Long jump	8.13 m
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	Long jump	8.26 m[2]
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	10th	Long jump	7.66 m
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	Long jump	8.09 m
2000	African Championships	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	Long jump	7.90 m
2002	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	2nd	Long jump	8.02 m (w)
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	4th	Long jump	7.68 m
2005	Islamic Solidarity Games	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	6th	Long jump	7.71 m
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	10th	Long jump	7.51 m
2007	Pan Arab Games	Cairo, Egypt	4th	4 × 100 m relay	40.17 m (NR)
			4th	Long jump	7.83 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	6th	Long jump	7.87 m

References

• Hatem Mersal profile at IAAF

1. Egyptian athletics records
2. Representing Africa