Salim Sdiri (born 26 October 1978) is a French long jumper of Tunisian descent.
His personal best is 8.42 metres, achieved in June 2009 at Pierre-Bénite, which is the current French national record.
He has jumped eight meters or more every season since 2002 and has a bronze medallion from the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships.
On Friday 13 July 2007, during the IAAF Golden League at Rome's Olimpico Stadium, Sdiri was hit in the scapula by a stray javelin thrown by the Finnish athlete Tero Pitkämäki.
[2]After months of rehabilitation and questioning, he decided to prepare himself to return to competition for the Beijing Olympics in early 2008.