Nawal Meniker
{{Short description|French athlete}}
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| name = Nawal Meniker
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| image = Nawal Meniker - Saut en hauteur féminin - Championnats de France d'athlétisme en salle 2015.jpg
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| nationality = French
| sport = Athletics
| event = High jump
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|12|9|df=yes}}
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| pb = High jump: Outdoors 1.93m (Tucson, 2023)
High jump: Indoors 1.92m (Aubiére, 2023)
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{FRA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Youth Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2014 Nanjing|High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Eskilstuna |High jump}}
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Nawal Meniker (born 9 December 1997) is a French track and field athlete who competes in the high jump.{{cite web|title= Nawal Meniker|website=World Athletics|accessdate=25 August 2023|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/france/nawal-meniker-14569475}}
Career
She won the silver medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing in 2014, behind Yuliya Levchenko.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=25 August 2023|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7066122?eventId=10229526&gender=W|title= Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Results - World Athletics|date=26 August 2014}} She won the silver medal behind Morgan Lake in Eskilstuna at the 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships.{{cite web|url= https://www.lindependant.fr/2015/07/20/nawal-meniker-en-argent,2061678.php|website=lindependant.fr|accessdate=25 August 2023|title= Athletics: Catalan Nawal Meniker wins silver in Sweden in the high jump|date=20 July 2015|first= Arnaud|last= Hingray}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/sports/athletisme/championnats-de-france-solene-gicquel-s-offre-le-titre-et-affole-les-compteurs-4055328.php|website=letelegramme|accessdate=25 August 2023|date=18 February 2023|title= Championnats de France : Solène Gicquel s’offre le titre et affole les compteurs}}{{cite web|website=Newsinfrance.com|url=https://newsinfrance.com/nawal-meniker-clears-1-93m-in-tucson/|accessdate=25 August 2023|title= Nawal Meniker clears 1.93m in Tucson|date=19 April 2023}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/team-champions-for-the-first-time-italy-dominates-in-silesia-2023|website=European Athletics|accessdate=3 June 2024|title= Team champions for the first time! Italy dominates in Silesia 2023|date=25 June 2023}}
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.{{cite web|date=25 August 2023|website=euro.dayfr.com|title=Solène Gicquel qualifies for the high jump final at the world championships|accessdate=25 August 2023|url=https://euro.dayfr.com/trends/amp/743739}}{{cite web|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/sports/athletisme/solene-gicquel-se-qualifie-pour-la-finale-du-saut-en-hauteur-aux-championnats-du-monde-6415500.php|website=Le Telegramme|accessdate=25 August 2023|date=August 2023|title= La Rennaise Solène Gicquel se qualifie pour la finale du saut en hauteur aux championnats du monde}}
She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she qualified for the final and placed eleventh overall.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5823/women-s-high-jump-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title= Women's high jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=4 August 2024}}
References
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Category:French female high jumpers
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for France
Category:21st-century French sportswomen
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for France
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