Ashraf Amgad El-Seify
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Native name | اشرف امجد | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Ashraf Amgad Elseify | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Qatari | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Egypt | 20 February 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Alexey Malyukov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ashraf Amgad Elseify (Arabic: اشرف امجد; born 20 February 1995) is a Qatari hammer thrower.
Biography
He won a gold medal at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka, establishing a new Asian junior record and World Youth Best.[1]
Elseify originally hails from Egypt and was talented spotted when he won the Egyptian youth title in Cairo as a 15-year-old. He was invited to train in Qatar, under the tutelage of Russian hammer coach Alexey Malyukov,[2][3] eventually Qatar paid for his family so he plays for Qatar.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2012 | Asian Junior Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1st | Hammer throw (6 kg) | 80.85 m |
World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | Hammer throw (6 kg) | 85.57 m | |
2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 10th | Hammer throw | 63.29 m |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 26th (q) | Hammer throw | 69.70 m | |
Jeux de la Francophonie | Nice, France | 3rd | Hammer throw | 72.88 m | |
2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 1st | Hammer throw (6 kg) | 84.71 m |
2015 | Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 2nd | Hammer throw | 76.03 m |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 9th | Hammer throw | 74.09 m | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | Hammer throw | 75.46 m |
2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd | Hammer throw | 73.17 m |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 23rd (q) | Hammer throw | 71.87 m |
References
- ^ Ashraf Amgad Elseify sets world junior hammer lead eyeing Barcelona 2012 Archived 2012-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hammer prodigy Elseify shows off his style in front of legend Yuriy Sedykh
- ^ Aju George Chris (20 June 2012). "Hammer and tongs!". Doha Stadium Plus. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Qatari male hammer throwers
- Egyptian male hammer throwers
- Egyptian emigrants to Qatar
- Expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Qatar
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Qatar
- Qatari athletics biography stubs