Rogel Nachum
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Rogel Nachum (or Nahum, Hebrew: רוגל נחום; born 21 May 1967) is a retired Israeli triple jumper, whose personal best was 17.20 meters, achieved in June 1992 in Seville.
Nachum participated in three Olympic Games: Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 where he carried the Israeli flag at opening ceremony.
At the 1989 Maccabiah Games, he won the triple jump in 55' 0 1/4", and was then recruited for Kansas State University by U.S. T&F coach Steve Miller.[1]
In 1990 he held the Israeli records in three events: high jump 2.18 m', long jump 7.73 m' and triple jump 16.89 m'.
Rogel's records are:
- Triple Jump: 17.20 m' (17.31 m' wind 2.3)
- Long Jump: 7.96 m'
- High Jump: 2.18 m'
He is the current coach of Israel's Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko.