Nagui Asaad
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Athletics | |||
Competitor for  Egypt |
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| All-Africa Games | |||
| Gold | 1973 Lagos | Shot Put | |
| Gold | 1978 Algiers | Shot Put | |
| Silver | 1973 Lagos | Discus | |
Nagui Asaad Youssef ناجي أسعد, (born September 12, 1945 [1] ), is an Egyptian athlete (track and field) who represented Egypt in the international events in the 1970s and early 1980s in shot put and discus throw.
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[edit] Biography
Nagui Asaad was born to a Coptic family in the north of Egypt, then moved to Cairo where he graduated from The Faculty of Sport (Physical) Education for Boys at Helwan University, following that he worked as a member of teaching staff in the same faculty after graduation. During his work he obtained a PhD Degree in Physical education, and he currently works as a professor[2] in the same faculty.
Nagui Asaad played for Basketball for El Ahly Sporting club between 1966 and 1969 [3] then he joined the Athletic team at the same club and became the Egyptian champion in Shot Put.
Internationally he ranks as number 130 of the world's 150 all time best throws shot put [4] by 20.71 Metre.
Along with his colleagues Hisham Greis, Hassan Ahmed Hamad and Mohamed Naguib Hamed formed one of the strongest Egyptian teams in throw events, a lot of Egyptian sport experts consider them to be the strongest team Egypt ever had.
Following his retirement from competitive events he Worked for many years in Bahrain as a coach for the national Athletic team and returned to Egypt in the 1990s to work in the same field with the Egyptian national team [5] as the squad's technical manager [6].
In 1999 as he was setting up a throwing school in Egypt, he recruited Discus thrower Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly and hammer thrower Mohsen El Anany [7] who joined the Egyptian squad after that and won championships in their fields under his supervision.
[edit] Achievements
Nagui Asaad remains the only Egyptian athlete (track and field) to win Gold medals in three major championships namely All Africa Games [8], Mediterranean Games[9] and African Championships in Athletics[10].
Nagui Asaad and Abdel Herin (1955 Mediterranean Games Marathon) are the only Egyptian athletes (Track and field) to win a Gold medal in the Mediterranean Gamess.
[edit] Championships record throws
Nagui Asaad stil holds the championship record of the African Championships since 1982 African Championships in Athletics, with a throw of 20.44 metres.[11].
His record shot put throw in All Africa games of 19.48 stood since 1973 All-Africa Games [12] as the championship record for twenty six years until Burger Lambrechts broke it at the 1999 All-Africa Games.
Between 1971 and 1979 Nagui Asaad held the championship record of the Mediterranean Games in Shot Put with a throw of 20.19 Meters and this record was broken by Vladimir Milic from Yugoslavia in 1979.
[edit] Shot Put Medals
- Gold medallist in shot put of the 1971 Mediterranean Games, İzmir (Turkey) [14]
- Twice Gold medallist in Shot Put of the All Africa Games , 1973 , Nigeria, 1978 , Algeria[15]
- Twice Gold medallist in Shot Put of East and Central African Championships 1981, 1982[16].
- Gold medallist in shot put of the 1980 Liberty Bell Classic, (Olympic Boycott Games) the alternative event arranged for those nations boycotting the 1980 Olympic Games [17]
- Silver medallist in shot put of the 1979 Mediterranean Games , Split, Yugoslavia [18]
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1971 Mediterranean Games | İzmir, Turkey | 1st | Shot Put |
| 1973 | All-Africa Games | Lagos, Nigeria | 1st | Shot Put |
| 1978 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | Shot Put |
| 1979 | African Championship | Dakar, Senegal | 1st | Shot Put |
| 1979 Mediterranean Games | Split, Yugoslavia | 2nd | Shot Put | |
| 1980 | Olympic Boycott Games | Philadelphia, USA | 1st | Shot Put |
| 1982 | African Championship | Cairo, Egypt | 1st | Shot Put |
[edit] Discus medals
- Silver medallist in Discus throw of the 1971 Mediterranean Games[19] , İzmir (Turkey)[20]
- Silver medallist in Discuss throw of the All Africa Games ,Nigeria, 1973 .[21]
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Mediterranean Games | İzmir, Turkey | 2nd | Discus |
| 1973 | All-Africa Games | Lagos, Nigeria | 2nd | Discus |
[edit] See also
- Egyptian athletes
- List of prominent Copts
- Athletics at the 1973 All-Africa Games
- Athletics at the 1978 All-Africa Games
- 1979 African Championships in Athletics
- 1982 African Championships in Athletics
- List of Egyptians
- Helwan University
- African Championships in Athletics
- Mediterranean Games
- All Africa Games
- List of champions of Africa of athletics
[edit] External links
- African Championships in Athletics results on gbrathletics website
- Mediterranean Games Athletic results gbrathletics website
- All Africa Games Athletics results gbrathletics website
- gbrathletics website East and Central African Championships results
- GBR Athletics Egyptian athletics championships winners since 1981
- Article on Arabs in 1971 Mediterranean Games Izmir
- Helwan University Faculty of Physical Education webpage
[edit] References
- ^ Lista Anno
- ^ Faculty of Physical Education website in Arabic
- ^ Alaraby article
- ^ 150 best Shot Put
- ^ Al-Ahram Weekly article
- ^ Al-Ahram Weekly article
- ^ IAAF on Omar El Ghazaly
- ^ Egyptian sports
- ^ Mediterraean games athletics resuls on GBR Athletics website
- ^ African Athletic Champions, GBR Athletics website
- ^ African Championships - GBR Athletics
- ^ All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics
- ^ African Athletic Champions, GBR Athletics website
- ^ Mediterranean games athletics results on gbrathletics website
- ^ GBR Athleticswebsite, All Africa Games results
- ^ East and Central African Championships results on GBR Athletics website
- ^ GBR Athletics website
- ^ Mediterranean games athletics results on gbrathletics website
- ^ Zoom info
- ^ GBR Athletics website
- ^ GBR Athletics website
