Name Lotfi Khaida | ||
Lotfi Khaïda (Arabic: لطفي خيدا, born 20 December 1968) is a retired Algerian long jumper and triple jumper. He holds the Algerian triple jump record of 16.92 metres.
At the 1988 African Championships he won the triple jump silver medal and the long jump bronze medal. He won bronze medals in the triple jump at the 1991 and 1993 Mediterranean Games, and won the long jump at the 1992 Pan Arab Games.
He competed in both long and triple jump at the 1988 Olympic Games, and in triple jump at the 1992 Olympic Games without reaching the final. He also doubled in both long and triple jump at the 1991 and 1993 World Championships without reaching the final.
He became Algerian long jump champion in 1998, 1989, 1991 and 1994; and triple jump champion in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1995.
His personal best long jump is 8.05 metres, achieved in July 1994 in Sestriere. His personal best triple jump is 16.92 metres, achieved in August 1993 in Monaco.