Mostafa El Gamel
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | 1 October 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Competition record[]
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 |
References[]
- ^ Mulkeen, Jon (22 March 2014). Al-Gamel smashes African hammer record with 81.29m. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-22.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Giza
- Egyptian male hammer throwers
- Olympic athletes of Egypt
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Egypt
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- African Games gold medalists for Egypt
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- African Championships in Athletics winners
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Egypt
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Egyptian athletics biography stubs