Ihab El-Sayed

Ihab El-Sayed

Ihab Abdelrahman at Savo Games at Lapinlahti (20 July 2014)
Personal information
Born 1 May 1989
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country  Egypt
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Javelin
Coached by Petteri Piironen[1]
Updated on 17 August 2013.

Ihab Al Sayed Abdelrahman (born 1 May 1989 in Al Sharqia Governorate) is an Egyptian athlete competing in the javelin throw. His personal best is 89.21 m achieved in May 2014 in Shanghai. This is the current African record. El-Sayed splits his time between Kuortane, Finland, where his coach Petteri Piironen is based, and Cairo, where he is a student.[1][2]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Egypt
2007 African Junior Championships Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 3rd 65.63 m
Pan Arab Games Cairo, Egypt 2nd 71.15 m
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd 76.20 m
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 5th 74.47 m
Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 12th 68.43 m
Jeux de la Francophonie Beirut, Lebanon 1st 77.33 m
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 1st 78.02 m
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 14th (q) 67.96 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 35th (q) 71.99 m
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 5th 69.94 m
Pan Arab Games Doha, Qatar 1st 78.66 m
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 5th 67.82 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 29th (q) 77.35 m
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 2nd 82.45 m
Universiade Kazan, Russia 12th 73.42 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 7th 80.94 m
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 2nd 83.59 m

Seasonal bests by year

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Johnson (19 May 2014). "El Sayed's Spear Stunner in Shanghai Perhaps Not Such a Shock After All". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Landells, Steve (18 September 2014). "Finnish advice is the secret to African javelin throwers' success". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

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