EL SEIFY Ashraf Amgad

Date of Birth: 20 Feb 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Birth Country:

Egypt

Place of residence : QATAR

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Hammer Throw

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Hammer Throw Qualification - Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6th (75.46)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	9th (75.41)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (71.87)
2015	Beijing, CHN	9th (74.09)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Qual. (69.70)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2018	Indonesia	1st (76.88)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	2nd (73.76)

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2018	Hammer Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	77.04
6	2017	Hammer Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	75.14
7	2017	Hammer Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	75.03

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English

Sporting relatives:

His younger brother Ahmed Amgad El Seify has represented Qatar in hammer throw, and placed 10th at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Mar 2020)

He began the sport at age 13 in Egypt. (throwholics.com, 16 May 2013; olympic.qa, 01 Jan 2016)

Slovenian hammer thrower Primoz Kozmus. (IAAF, 26 Jul 2014)

General Interest

General
EGYPT TO QATAR
He was born in Egypt, but moved to Qatar in 2011 and subsequently gained citizenship to compete for his new country later that year. He was invited to train in Qatar after winning a national junior title in Egypt at age 15. (throwholics.com, 16 May 2013; dohastadiumplusqatar.com, 20 Jun 2012)

Milestones

He became the first hammer thrower representing Qatar to win an Asian Games gold medal, when he triumphed at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. He was also the first hammer thrower representing Qatar to win a medal at the Asian championships when he claimed silver in 2015, and the first to win a junior world championship title when he claimed gold in 2012. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Mar 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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