Ashraf Amgad Elseify
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| Native name | اشرف امجد | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Qatari | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
20 February 1995 Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alexey Malyukov | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
HT (6 kg): 85.57 m (Barcelona 2012) WJR HT (5 kg): 85.26 m (Rhede 2011) WYB | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ashraf Amgad Elseify (Arabic: اشرف امجد; born 20 February 1995) is a Qatari hammer thrower.
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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Representing  Qatar | |||||
| 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 |
See also
References
- ↑ Ashraf Amgad Elseify sets world junior hammer lead eyeing Barcelona 2012
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
External links
- Ashraf Amgad Elseify profile at IAAF
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