- Salim Sdiri
Salim Sdiri (born
October 26 ,1978 ) is a Frenchlong jump er ofTunisia n descent. His personal best jump is 8.25 metres, achieved in July 2005 inAngers . He has jumped eight meters or more every season since 2002 and has a bronze medallion from the2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships .__NOTOC__Rome Javelin Accident
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Friday the 13th July 2007, during theIAAF Golden League atRome 'sOlimpico Stadium, Sdiri was hit in the upper body by a stray javelin thrown byTero Pitkämäki . Sdiri was rushed to a local Rome hospital with non life-threatening injuries, however, the wound was more serious than the initial reports suggested and Sdiri had to return to hospital. Sdiri said:::"The javelin touched the right kidney and there is a slight tear at the top of the kidney....the liver was also touched leaving a hole in it. The javelin penetrated over ten centimetres and not four as we initially thought." [ [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22085109-5001023,00.html Javelin hit jumper's kidney, liver] published in "The Daily Telegraph" July 17, 2007]He returned to competition in early 2008 [IAAF, Feb 18, 2008: [http://www.iaaf.org/WIC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43450.html Much joy as Sdiri returns to competition - French Indoor Champs, Day 3] ] .
Achievements
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2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships - bronze medal
*2006 IAAF World Cup - fifth place
*2006 European Athletics Championships - tenth place
*2005 IAAF World Athletics Final - fifth place
*2005 World Championships in Athletics - fifth place
*2004 Olympic Games - twelfth place
*2003 World Indoor Championships in Athletics - seventh place
*2002 European Athletics Championships - seventh placeReferences
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