AlgeriaBiography
Three-time Olympian. African record holder. World Junior champion. She contested very high level in regional events such as Pan Arab Games, Mediterranean Games, Arab Champs etc. Contested five World Champs. Finished fifth in Sydney Olympics triple jump final. 25-times national champion! After two-month camp in California, Baya became the first-ever Algerian World U20 titlist in athletics.
PERSONAL BESTS
100m: 11.51, 0.0 (Algiers 1999)
100H: 13.49, 2.0 (Algiers 2004)
TJ: 14.98, 0.2 (Almeria 2005)
LJ: 6.70, -0.1 (Rieti 1999)
TRIVIA
♦ Brother, Hamimed, a former African 50K record holder race walker.
♦ Introduced to the sport by Dalila Tayebi, an Algerian athletics icon. She was also her first coach.
♦ Coaches in order: Dalila Tayebi, Moustapha Ait Amar, Mohammed Zerrouki, Hocine Mohamed