About Abderrahmane Hammad
Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer is the Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports and a former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 2000, taking the bronze medal and made a second appearance at the 2004 Athens Olympics. His personal best of 2.34 m is the Algerian record for the event. He retired from the sport in 2010. In 2020, he became the President of the Algerian Olympic Committee. Hammad was appointed as minister on 16 March 2023. Hammad won his first Algerian title in 1997 and went on to take nine consecutive titles up to 2005. The 2000 season marked the peak of his career: first, he retained his continental title at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics in Algiers with a career best and championship record jump of 2.34 m.
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