ASSAR Omar

Date of Birth: 22 Jul 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KAFR ASH SHAYKH

Birth Country:

Egypt

Place of residence : DUSSELDORF

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Singles	5
	Mixed Doubles EGY ASSAR Omar / MESHREF Dina	9
	Men's Team EGY Egypt	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Mixed Doubles Round of 16 #6 EGY ASSAR Omar / MESHREF Dina 1 KOR LEE Sangsu / JEON Jihee 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles Round 2 #30 EGY ASSAR OASSAR Omar 4 UKR KOU LKOU Lei 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Men's Singles Round 3 #46 SWE FALCK MFALCK Mattias 3 EGY ASSAR OASSAR Omar 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles Round of 16 #56 EGY ASSAR OASSAR Omar 4 TPE CHUANG CYCHUANG Chih Yuan 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles Quarterfinal #61 EGY ASSAR OASSAR Omar 1 CHN MA LMA Long 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team Round of 16 #1 CHN China 3 EGY Egypt 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2R	-
2012	London, GBR	2R	1R

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	1R	1R	1R	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	21
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	2R	1R	3R	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	27
2015	Suzhou, CHN	3R	2R	1R	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	29
2013	Paris, FRA	3R	1R	2R	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	-	30
2011	Rotterdam, NED	-	-	2R	-
2010	Moscow, RUS	-	-	-	33
2009	Yokohama, JPN	-	1R	1R	-
2008	Guangzhou, CHN	-	-	-	28

Year	Location	Singles
2019	Chengdu, CHN	Group Stage
2017	Liege, BEL	Last 16

African Games

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2019	Rabat, MAR	3	Last 32	1	1

African Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles X	Team
2016	Agadir, MAR	1	1	1

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles
2021	Doha, QAT	1R

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2019	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	-	1x	4x	-
2017	Singles	-	-	-	1x	1x	3x	-
2017	Doubles M	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
Last 16	2018	Singles	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, CHN
Last 16	2017	Singles	China Open	Chengdu, CHN
Last 16	2017	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
1/16 Final	2019	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	German Open	Bremen, GER
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	Japan Open	Tokyo, JPN
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Occupation:

Business Administration - Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Cairo, EGY

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English

GV Hennebont [France]

Maged Ashour [national], EGY

Sporting relatives:

His brother Khalid Assar has represented Egypt in table tennis, and placed 65th in singles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. His uncle Maher Assar has served as a coach of the Egyptian table tennis team. (ittf.com, 11 Sep 2020, 29 Jan 2015; SportsDeskOnline, 09 Jul 2020)

He underwent surgery on his right shoulder in May 2011. The injury had been causing him pain throughout the year. (ittf.com, 31 May 2012)

He took up table tennis at age four in Kafr ash Shaykh, Egypt. (ittf.com, 11 Sep 2020; Athlete, 03 Aug 2016)

His father and uncle were involved in table tennis and introduced him to the sport. "I grew up in the northern part of Egypt in a city called Desouk which was famous for producing many good table tennis players for Egypt. It was my uncle who was then the coach of the Desouk Club, while my father was a volunteer member of the club." (ittf.com, 11 Sep 2020; Athlete, 03 Aug 2016; idrottonline.se, 01 Nov 2009)

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Chinese table tennis player Wang Liqin. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2016)

General Interest

General
BETWEEN GERMANY AND FRANCE.
He plays for French club GV Hennebont but lives in Dusseldorf, Germany, where his family resides. "I live there because my family is there, but I really appreciate France and the way they live there, this propensity that people, often very friendly, get together to share good times." (letelegramme.fr, 26 Nov 2020)

FATHERHOOD
He says becoming a father has taught him patience. "Fatherhood is a very special feeling because it also gives you a big portion of patience. You need to be patient to be a good example for your son and this is also very important and I am enjoying every moment of my fatherhood as everyone is very happy that the baby is healthy." (ittf.com, 11 Sep 2020)

EARLY SCHOLARSHIP
At age 14 he received a four-year scholarship from the International Table Tennis Federation [ITTF]. "I must admit that the ITTF scholarship really helped me a lot in my career because I had the chance to play lots of competitions across the world as well as attending several top class training camps in Europe and Asia. This opportunity gave me the chance to improve my skills under high level training camps." (ittf.com, 11 Sep 2020)

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Legend

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

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