BARSHIM Mutaz Essa

Olympic Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2nd (2.36)
2012	London, GBR	3rd (2.29)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	1st (2.37)
2017	London, GBR	1st (2.35)
2015	Beijing, CHN	4th (2.33)
2013	Moscow, RUS	2nd (2.38)
2011	Daegu, KOR	7th (2.32)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	High Jump
2021	1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 10th
2018	3 x 1st
2017	6 x 1st

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2018	High Jump	Oslo, NOR	2.36
1	2018	High Jump	Eugene, OR, USA	2.36
1	2018	High Jump	Doha, QAT	2.40
1	2017	High Jump	Zurich, SUI	2.36
1	2017	High Jump	Birmingham, GBR	2.40
1	2017	High Jump	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	2.35
1	2017	High Jump	Oslo, NOR	2.38
1	2017	High Jump	Shanghai, CHN	2.33
1	2017	High Jump	Doha, QAT	2.36
2	2021	High Jump	Doha, QAT	2.30
2	2019	High Jump	London, GBR	2.27

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	High Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Tokyo, JPN	2.30

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	High Jump	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	2.38

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Birmingham, GBR	2nd (2.33)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Prince, The Qatari Falcon (Instagram profile, 28 Jan 2020; businessmirror.com.ph, 07 Oct 2019)

Athlete

Computer Science - Qatar University, Doha, QAT

Arabic, English

Stanislaw Szczyrba [personal], POL

His father Essa Mohammed Barshim competed in race walking and distance running at international level. His younger brother Muamer Aissa Barshim has also represented Qatar in high jump, and won bronze at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 May 2016; iaaf.org, 25 Apr 2017; dohastadiumplusqatar.com, 14 May 2014)

He injured his left ankle while attempting to break Javier Sotomayor's 2.45 metre world record at the 2018 Istvan Gyulai Memorial in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. He required surgery on the injury. (iloveqatar.net, 09 Dec 2019; gulf-times.com, 23 Jun 2019; worldathletics.org, 27 May 2019)

He was introduced to athletics as a child. "I was about 10 or 11 years old when I started." (lux-mag.com, 2018; IAAF, 18 Mar 2016)

He was inspired to take up the sport by his father. "He was an athlete in the national team, in both walking and running events. I saw him on television many times, and I would go to events to watch him. I liked it, so when I first started athletics, because of my father, I walked. I didn't like it so I went to long distance and did two seasons of that, but I liked jumping more. It was only after Helmy [Abosalama], the club coach, saw me jump that I was interested. I tried long jump, triple jump, and high jump, but eventually settled on the latter discipline. When I am happy, I do high jump. When I am sad, I do high jump. When I am angry, I do high jump. It's just a way to express myself." (worldathletics.or, 05 Oct 2019; IAAF, 18 Mar 2016)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to set a world record. (en.as.com, 30 Nov 2019; mutazbarshim.net, 28 May 2017)

Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor, Polish high jumper Artur Partyka. (sport360.com, 22 Aug 2013)

His father. (ONS, 17 Aug 2016)

"Make as much effort as you can, a lot of sacrifice is required to be among the best. You must make the most of the positive circumstances that you will encounter along the way to reach your goal." (en.as.com, 30 Nov 2019)

He was named the 2019 Arab Athlete of the Year by Spanish newspaper AS, and the 2019 Male Athlete of the Year by the Qatar Olympic Committee. (olympic.qa, 05 Dec 2019)

In 2017 he was named the IAAF Male Athlete of the Year. (ummahsports.net, 29 Nov 2017)