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{{Short description|Saudi Arabian long jumper (born 1981)}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships|2007 Amman]]|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
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'''Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi''' ({{Langx|ar|محمد الخويلدي}}; born 19 June 1981 in [[Dhahran]]) is a Saudi Arabian [[long jump]]er. His personal best is 8.48 metres, achieved in July 2006 in [[Sotteville-lès-Rouen]], [[France]]. This is also the current [[List of Asian records in athletics|Asian record]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/jumps/long-jump/outdoor/men/senior IAAF long jump records]</ref>

At the global level, he competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and [[2010 Asian Games]], won bronze medals at the [[IAAF World Cup]] and [[IAAF World Indoor Championships]], and represented Saudi Arabia at the [[World Championships in Athletics]] in 2007 and 2009. He is a three-time Asian champion, having won at the [[Asian Indoor Athletics Championships]] in 2004 and 2008, as well as the [[2007 Asian Athletics Championships]].

He is coached by Messaoud Bouhouche.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=42601.html IAAF Focus on Athletes: Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi] - IAAF.org</ref>

==International competitions==
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!colspan="5"|Representing {{KSA}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[[Athletics at the 2002 West Asian Games|West Asian Games]]
|[[Kuwait City, Kuwait]]
|4th
|7.55 m
|-
|[[2002 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Colombo, Sri Lanka]]
| –
|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's long jump|NM]]
|-
|2003
|[[2003 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Manila, Philippines]]
|9th
|[[2003 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's long jump|7.63 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#Long jump|7.94 m]]
|-
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|14th (q)
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|7.80 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Pan Arab Games|Pan Arab Games]]
|[[Algiers, Algeria]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|7.79 m
|-
|2005
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games|Islamic Solidarity Games]]
|[[Mecca, Saudi Arabia]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games – Results#Long jump|8.44 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|[[2006 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]] 
|[[Stuttgart]], [[Germany]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|8.34 m
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]] 
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup results#Long jump|8.11 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2007
|[[2007 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Amman]], [[Jordan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's long jump|8.16 m]] (w)
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|18th (q)
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|7.85 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Pan Arab Games|Pan Arab Games]]
|[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Pan Arab Games – Results|8.19 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2008
|[[2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results|8.24 m]] (iAR)
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] 
|[[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]], [[Spain]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump|8.01 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Beijing, China]]
|14th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|7.93 m]]
|-
|2009
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|36th (q)
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump|7.66 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|[[2010 West Asian Athletics Championships|West Asian Championships]]
|[[Aleppo, Syria]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|8.00 m
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Guangzhou, China]]
|11th
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's long jump|6.78 m]]
|-
|2016
|[[2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|8th
|[[2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#Long jump|7.52 m]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Dhahran]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Saudi Arabian male long jumpers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Asian Games athletes for Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:21st-century Saudi Arabian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Saudi Arabia]]
[[Category:Arab Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:West Asian Athletics Championships winners]]


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