Egyptian athlete
Yasser Ibrahim Farag (Arabic : ياسر ابراهيم فرج , born May 2, 1984) is an Egyptian athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw events.
Biography [ edit ] He has also taken part in discus throw competitions. In 2003 he was the Egyptian champion in both shot put and discus throw.[1]
His personal best shot put is 19.87 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Ústí nad Labem . In the discus throw he has 61.58 metres, achieved at the 2007 All-Africa Games .
Competition record [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Egypt 2001 African Junior Championships Tunis , Tunisia 1st Shot put 15.44 m World Youth Championships Debrecen , Hungary 2nd Shot put (5 kg) 19.58 m 2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 7th Shot put (6 kg) 19.49 m 2003 All-Africa Games Abuja , Nigeria 3rd Shot put 17.96 m 6th Discus throw 55.73 m Afro-Asian Games Hyderabad, India 7th Shot put 16.65 m 2004 African Championships Brazzaville , Congo Republic 3rd Shot put 18.51 m 4th Discus throw 51.10 m Pan Arab Games Algiers, Algeria 2nd Shot put 18.65 m 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games Mecca, Saudi Arabia 4th Shot put 17.65 m 5th Discus throw 56.14 m Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 9th Shot put 17.36 m 7th Discus throw 55.38 m 2006 African Championships Bambous , Mauritius 1st Shot put 18.93 m 2nd Discus throw 54.38 m IAAF World Cup Athens , Greece 8th Shot put 18.23 m 2007 All-Africa Games Algiers , Algeria 1st Shot put 19.20 m 2nd Discus throw 61.58 m Pan Arab Games Cairo , Egypt 3rd Shot put 19.42 m 3rd Discus throw 57.74 m 2008 African Championships Addis Ababa , Ethiopia 2nd Shot put 17.39 m 2nd Discus throw 56.06 m Olympic Games Beijing, China 37th (q) Shot put 18.42 m 2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 3rd Discus throw 61.07 m World Championships Berlin, Germany 31st (q) Shot put 18.69 m Jeux de la Francophonie Beirut, Lebanon 2nd Shot put 18.09 m 2nd Discus throw 59.56 m 2010 World Indoor Championships Doha , Qatar 19th (q) Shot put 18.06 m African Championships Nairobi , Kenya 2nd Discus throw 58.71 m 2011 All-Africa Games Maputo , Mozambique 1st Shot put 19.73 m (GR ) 1st Discus throw 63.20 m Pan Arab Games Doha , Qatar 1st Shot put 19.44 m 2nd Discus throw 60.47 m 2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 3rd Shot put 18.78 m 2nd Discus throw 59.61 m 2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 6th Shot put 19.25 m 6th Discus throw 59.72 m Islamic Solidarity Games Palembang, Indonesia 6th Discus throw 56.01 m 2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5th Discus throw 52.82 m
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