Qatari hammer thrower
Ashraf Amgad Elseify (Arabic : أشرف أمجد الصيفي ; 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 .[2]
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 .[3] [4]
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
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
2017
Islamic Solidarity Games
Baku, Azerbaijan
3rd
Hammer throw
73.17 m
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
23rd (q)
Hammer throw
71.87 m
2018
Asian Games
Jakarta, Indonesia
1st
Hammer throw
76.88 m
2019
Asian Championships
Doha, Qatar
2nd
Hammer throw
73.76 m
World Championships
Doha, Qatar
9th
Hammer throw
75.41 m
2021
Arab Championships
Radès, Tunisia
2nd
Hammer throw
71.30 m
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
26th (q)
Hammer throw
71.84 m
2022
Islamic Solidarity Games
Konya, Turkey
5th
Hammer throw
68.14 m
2023
West Asian Championships
Doha, Qatar
1st
Hammer throw
67.87 m
Arab Championships
Marrakesh, Morocco
5th
Hammer throw
65.92 m
Asian Games
Hangzhou, China
2nd
Hammer throw
72.42 m
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