Younes Ayachi
Algerian high jumper (born 2008)
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Younes Ayachi (born 12 April 2008) is an Algerian high jumper. In 2026 as a 17 year-old, he set the Algerian under-20 national record. He placed ninth at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships and won the gold medal at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics.[1]
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| Born | 12 April 2008 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | High jump: 2:28m (Weinheim, 2026) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Coached by Hocine Boukendoul he is a member of RB Souk El-Tenine.[2] In May 2024, Ayachi placed second to compatriot Abderrahmane Dejaber at the Arab U20 Athletics Championships in Ismailia, Egypt.[3] Ayachi won the Arab Junior Athletics Championships in Al Taif, Saudi Arabia, in September 2024, with a jump of 2.11 metres.[4][5] Ayachi jumped a personal best of 2.18 metres as a 16 year-old in February 2025.[2]
Competing as a 17-year-old, Ayachi set a personal best at the Elmos International Indoor Meeting in Belgium on 31 January 2026, with a jump of 2.26 meters, setting a new Algerian under-20 national record.[6] The following week, Ayachi won the high jump at the Hochsprung International Indoor Meeting in Germany, with a jump of 2.28 meters, improving his own Algerian under-20 national record.[7]
In March 2026, he was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland, placing ninth overall.[8][9] in May, he won the gold medal at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics in Accra, Ghana, where he made a clearance of 2.22 metres.[10]
