Rogel Nachum

Rogel Nachum (or Nahum, 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.

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.

Lifting

 * Clean: 140 kg
 * Hang clean 145 kg
 * Snatch: 97.5 kg
 * Half squat: 270 kg (on a bench)

Jumping

 * Standing long jump: 3.39 m'
 * Standing triple jump: 10.57 m'
 * Standing 5 steps: 18.58 m'
 * Standing 10 steps: 38.70 m'
 * Standing high jump: 1.70 m'
 * High jump with 2 legs: 2.03 m'
 * Standing steps for 100 m': 26.5 steps