# Yasser Triki

Yasser Mohamed Tahar Triki, OLY (Arabic: ياسر تريكي; born 24 March 1997) is an Algerian athlete competing in the long jump and triple jump. He won the silver medal in the long jump at the 2017 Summer Universiade.
Triki broke the Algerian record in the triple jump with 17.31 meters achieved in Algiers meeting on 4 June 2021, thus qualifying to the 2020 Summer Olympics. In June 2021, he won the gold medals in both long jump and triple jump at the 2021 Arab Athletics Championships held in Tunis with jumps of 7.96 meters and 17.26 meters, respectively. On 7 July 2021, he improved his national record with a jump of 17.33 meters during the Gyulai István Memorial in Budapest
Triki also improved the Algerian indoor record in the triple jump several times. He first broke the existing record held by Lotfi Khaida set in Indianapolis in March 1992 with 16.49 meters before Triki broke this on 25 January 2019 in Texas with a jump of 16.52. This record was improved on 11 February 2019 in Texas with 17.00 meters before a new record was set a few days later in Fayetteville (North Carolina) on 23 February 2019 with a mark of 17.12 meters.

## International competitions

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Algeria ||||||
| 2013 | Arab Youth Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | Long jump | 7.28 m |
| 2013 | Arab Youth Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | Triple jump | 15.06 m |
| 2013 | World Youth Championships | Donetsk, Ukraine | 7th | Long jump | 7.32 m |
| 2014 | African Youth Games | Gaborone, Botswana | 1st | Long jump | 7.63 m |
| 2014 | African Youth Games | Gaborone, Botswana | 3rd | Triple jump | 15.23 m |
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 9th (q) | Long jump | 7.35 m$^1$ |
| 2014 | Youth Olympic Games | Nanjing, China | – | Long jump | NM |
| 2015 | African Junior Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 3rd | Long jump | 7.39 m |
| 2016 | Arab Junior Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | 1st | Long jump | 7.43 m |
| 2016 | Arab Junior Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | 1st | Triple jump | 16.01 m |
| 2016 | World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 4th | Long jump | 7.81 m |
| 2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 14th | Long jump | 6.86 m |
| 2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 5th | Triple jump | 16.14 m |
| 2017 | Arab Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | Long jump | 7.83 m |
| 2017 | Arab Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | Triple jump | 16.63 m |
| 2017 | Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 2nd | Long jump | 7.96 m |
| 2017 | Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 5th | Triple jump | 16.60 m |
| 2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 2nd | Long jump | 8.01 m |
| 2018 | African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 4th | Long jump | 8.01 m |
| 2018 | African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.78 m |
| 2019 | Arab Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 2nd | Long jump | 7.97 m |
| 2019 | Arab Championships | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | Triple jump | 16.50 m |
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Long jump | 8.01 m |
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | Triple jump | 16.71 m |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 20th (q) | Triple jump | 16.62 m |
| 2021 | Arab Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | Long jump | 7.96 m |
| 2021 | Arab Championships | Radès, Tunisia | 1st | Triple jump | 17.26 m |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | Triple jump | 17.43 m |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 10th | Triple jump | 16.42 m |
| 2022 | African Championships | Port Louis, Mauritius | 3rd | Triple jump | 16.58 m (w) |
| 2022 | Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 3rd | Long jump | 7.80 m |
| 2022 | Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | Triple jump | 17.07 m |
| 2023 | Arab Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | Long jump | 7.83 m |
| 2023 | Arab Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | Triple jump | 17.30 m |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | Triple jump | 17.01 m |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2nd | Triple jump | 17.35 m |
| 2024 | African Games | Accra, Ghana | 2nd | Long jump | 7.83 m (w) |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 9th | Triple jump | 17.22 m |
$^1$Did not start in the final

## Personal bests

Outdoor
* Long jump – 8m08 (+0.2 m/s, Five Rings Sports Center, Wuhan (CHN) 2019)
* Triple jump – 17m43 (+1.0 m/s, Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo (JPN, 5 August 2021, a national record)
Indoor
* Long jump – 7.69 (College Station, Texas 2018)
* Triple jump – 17.12 (Fayetteville, 23 February 2019, NR)