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- Barshim cleared a height of 2.34 meters, securing third place after American Shelby McEwen and New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr
PARIS: Qatar’s high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim won the bronze medal in the Men’s High Jump at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Barshim cleared a height of 2.34 meters, securing third place after American Shelby McEwen and New Zealand’s gold medallist Hamish Kerr, who came at a height of 2.36 meters.
With this win, Barshim became the first high jump athlete to ever win four medals across four Olympic Games, having won the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020, in addition to silver medals at Rio de Janeiro 2016 and London 2012.
Barshim brought Qatar its first medal at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, becoming a celebrated Qatari athlete in Olympic history, with a total of four medals.