OMAR Yahia

Date of Birth: 9 Sep 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Youth Olympian

Height (m/ft): 1.94/6'4''

Place of birth: GIZA

Birth Country:

Egypt

Place of residence : CAIRO

Residence Country:

Egypt

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Men EGY Egypt	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #05 POR Portugal 31 EGY Egypt 37	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #09 EGY Egypt 27 DEN Denmark 32	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #15 JPN Japan 29 EGY Egypt 33	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #22 SWE Sweden 22 EGY Egypt 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #26 EGY Egypt 30 BRN Bahrain 20	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Quarterfinal #33 GER Germany 26 EGY Egypt 31	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Semifinal #35 FRA France 27 EGY Egypt 23	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Men's Bronze Medal Match #37 EGY Egypt 31 ESP Spain 33	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Youth Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2014	People's Republic of China

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Men	2021	Egypt
8	Men	2019
13	Men	2017	France

World Junior Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Men	2017	Algeria

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English

Telekom Veszprem [Hungary] since 2019/20

David Davis [club], ESP; Roberto Garcia Parrondo [national], ESP

Position style:

Right back (ihf.info, 15 Jan 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His father Khaled played handball at national level in Egypt. (Zamalek TV YouTube channel, 07 Jul 2020)

National league:

Nemzeti Bajnoksag I [HUN] (handballveszprem.hu, 17 Apr 2021)

He took up the sport at age six. (almasryalyoum.com, 25 Jan 2021)

"I liked the sport when I was young because it was a way to have fun with my friends. My dad also encouraged me a lot. He used to tell me that I don't have to play handball and that I can choose any sport I wanted, but I liked handball." (Zamalek TV YouTube channel, 07 Jul 2020)

Milestones

He was named in the All-Star Team at the 2020 African Championship in Tunisia. (ihf.info, 29 Dec 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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