MUTAZ BARSHIM
Mutaz Barshim is an Qatari high jumping
world champion, holder of the Asian
record and, at 2.43m, has registered
the second highest jump in history
Mutaz Brashim has always been into sports. He grew up in
an extremely active family.
his father was an athlete and all his brothers practised
sport regulary.As a child, his father used to take him to the
local athletics going to training by himself. Focusing on the
high jump, Mutaz soon started to reach heights he never
before thought possible… both figuratively and literally!
Can we have two golds?
This is beyond sport. This is the message we deliver to the young generation. “A message of sportsmanship and love”- Mutaz Barshim
It was the moment that melted hearts around the globe. Proof of Olympic Motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together.” Two high jumpers, Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim, decided to share gold at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Mutaz
Barshim
- Doha, Qatar
30 66 188
Age Weight Height
Gold Medal
Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics
Gold Medal
Doha world Championship 2019
Gold Medal
London World Championship 2017
Silver Medal
Rio Olympics 2016
Silver Medal
London Olympics 2012
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Qatar’s Barshim, Italy’s Tamberi share Olympic high jump gold
Rare shared gold came as Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi tied on 2.37-metre clearances in Tokyo. Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi have put the nightmare of serious injuries behind them to share a rare Olympic athletics gold in the high jump. Barshim – giving Qatar its…
Olympic highjumper and Richard Mille brand ambassador Mutaz Essa Barshim on the importance of timing
Ultra-luxe watchmaker Richard Mille combines artistry, technology, a nod to architecture, Kitty Harris speaks to their latest partner, Qatari Silver Olympic Highjump Medalist Mutaz Essa Barshim about time and the new RM67-02 Automatic watch. The RM67-02 LUX: You hold the Qatari national record and Asian record for the best mark of 2.43m. How old were you when…
The Richard Mille RM 67-02 Automatic High Jump Mutaz Barshim
“It takes all sorts to make the world”. Popular sayings are often hiding the truth, and I love to discover how they apply to a specific sector, like watchmaking. The market is full of every kind of timepieces, either they’re boasting simple and affordable mechanical movements or high-end complications coupled with the…
Mutaz Essa Barshim – Richard Mille
The 28 year old Qatar high jump star Mutaz Essa Barshim, who holds the Asian and national record with a 2.43 m mark, is sporting a Richard Mille RM 67-02 Automatic High Jump – made especially for him by the Swiss watch brand. The timepiece weighs only 32g, including the…
Athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim Feels Confident with Richard Mille Timepiece
Gold medal-winning high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim, who helped design Richard Mille’s RM 67-02 High Jump, tells Ajeng G. Anindita why wearing his favourite timepiece makes gives him feel more powerful and confident It’s not every day you get the chance to meet one of the world’s greatest high jumpers.…
Mutaz Essa Barshim - The crown prince of the high jump
Mutaz means proud in Arabic. And Qatar has every reason to be proud of its native son, Mutaz Essa Barshim, who is now acknowledged to be one of today’s greatest athletes, the crown prince of the high jump. Mutaz returned from the London games in 2012 with a bronze medal…
Red Bull celebrates high jump world champion Mutaz Barshim
Red Bull celebrated high-jump world champion Mutaz Barshim and his wonderous achievements at a reception held on October 13 at Japanese restaurant MEGU in The Pearl-Qatar. Mutaz’s fellow athletes and friends, key media representatives and some of Qatar’s most significant opinion leaders attended the reception. The Red Bull Track &…
Mutaz Barshim – Jump for Gold
Mutaz Barshim is a Qatari High Jump Athlete currently taking the world by storm. At the age of 28 in 2019, Mutaz won the IAAF World Athletics Championship in his hometown Doha, setting the record to be the first high jumper to win the World Champion Title two times in…
Mutaz Barshim Aims for Historic Heights
Mutaz Barshim demonstrates his signature victory pose. Standing 188 centimeters high, 25-year-old Qatari high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim can clear a bar 1.3 times his own height. But in order to topple the sport’s 23-year-old world record held by Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor, Barshim needs to add two centimeters to the…
Tokyo 2020: Olympic gold shared by high jumpers Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi
Friends and rivals – Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim share the spoils after a stunning high jump final There were tears, crazy celebrations and Italian dancing as high-jumping history was made inside Tokyo’s Olympic stadium on Sunday. Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim added Olympic gold to his list of accolades…
