Egyptian hammer thrower (born 1988)
Mostafa El Gamel
Born (1988-10-01 ) 1 October 1988 (age 36) Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 96 kg (212 lb) Country Egypt Sport Athletics Event Hammer throw Updated on 26 August 2016
Mostafa Mohamed Hesham El Gamel (born 1 October 1988 in Giza ) is an Egyptian athlete. He competed for Egypt in hammer throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics .
He opened his 2014 season with a personal best throw of 81.27 m (266 ft 7+ 1 ⁄2 in) (by IAAF profile, 81.29 m by other sources) – a mark which broke the African record for the event.[ 1]
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Egypt 2007 African Junior Championships Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 1st Hammer throw (6 kg) 66.36 m 2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2nd Hammer throw 69.70 m 2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 3rd Hammer throw 71.40 m 2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 30th (q) Hammer throw 68.38 m All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 1st Hammer throw 74.76 m Pan Arab Games Doha, Qatar 2nd Hammer throw 70.23 m 2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 3rd Hammer throw 73.81 m Olympic Games London , United Kingdom 29th (q) Hammer throw 71.36 m 2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 1st Hammer throw 76.68 m Islamic Solidarity Games Palembang, Indonesia 1st Hammer throw 77.73 m 2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 1st Hammer throw 79.09 m Continental Cup Marrakech, Morocco 2nd Hammer throw 78.89 m 2015 World Championships Beijing, China 7th Hammer throw 76.81 m African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1st Hammer throw 74.92 m 2018 African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 1st Hammer throw 73.50 m 2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 1st Hammer throw 72.50 m World Championships Doha, Qatar 30th (q) Hammer throw 70.45 m 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 23rd (q) Hammer throw 72.76 m 2022 African Championships Port Louis, Mauritius 4th Hammer throw 67.80 m Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 7th Hammer throw 70.48 m 2023 Arab Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 1st Hammer throw 75.70 m Arab Games Oran, Algeria 1st Hammer throw 76.48 m World Championships Budapest, Hungary 28th (q) Hammer throw 71.36 m 2024 African Games Accra, Ghana 1st Hammer throw 73.65 m African Championships Douala, Cameroon 1st Hammer throw 72.88 m Olympic Games Paris, France 30th (q) Hammer throw 70.09 m
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