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Rogel Nachum
	Nachum in 2000
Personal information
Birth name	רוגל נחום
Nationality	Israel
Born	May 21, 1967 (age 57)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Triple jump: 17.20 metres (1992); Long jump: 7.96 metres; High jump: 2.18 metres;

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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Israel
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	23rd (q)	Triple jump	14.68 m
1989	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	8th	Triple jump	16.44 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	16th (q)	Triple jump	16.01 m (wind: +1.5 m/s)
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	24th	Triple jump	16.23 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th	Triple jump	16.73 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	17th	Triple jump	16.67 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	6th	Triple jump	16.82 m
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	4th	Triple jump	16.93 m = NRi^[2]
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	8th	Triple jump	16.99 m
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	7th	Triple jump	16.27 m