Ashraf Amgad Elseify

Ashraf Amgad Elseify
Personal information
Native name اشرف امجد
Nationality Qatari
Born 20 February 1995
Egypt
Sport
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

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]

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
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

References

  1. ↑ Ashraf Amgad Elseify sets world junior hammer lead eyeing Barcelona 2012
  2. ↑ Hammer prodigy Elseify shows off his style in front of legend Yuriy Sedykh
  3. ↑ Aju George Chris (20 June 2012). "Hammer and tongs!". Doha Stadium Plus. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

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