Ashraf Amgad El-Seify

Ashraf Amgad Elseify (Arabic: أشرف أمجد الصيفي; born 20 February 1995) is a Qatari hammer thrower.

Ashraf Amgad El-Seify

Personal information
Native name	أشرف أمجد الصيفي
Full name	Ashraf Amgad Elseify
Nationality	Qatari
Born	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29) Egypt
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Hammer throw
Coached by	Alexey Malyukov
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	HT (7.26 kg): 78.19 m (Doha 2016) [1] HT (6 kg): 85.57 m (Barcelona 2012) WJR HT (5 kg): 85.26 m (Rhede 2011) WYB
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Qatar World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona Hammer throw 2014 Oregon Hammer throw Asian Junior Championships 2012 Colombo Hammer throw Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Hammer throw

Biography

He won a gold medal at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka, establishing a new Asian junior record and World Youth Best.^[2]

Elseify originally hails from Egypt and was talented spotted when he won the Egyptian youth title in Cairo as a 15-year-old. He was invited to train in Qatar, under the tutelage of Russian hammer coach Alexey Malyukov.^[3][4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Qatar
2012	Asian Junior Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	Hammer throw (6 kg)	80.85 m
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	Hammer throw (6 kg)	85.57 m
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	10th	Hammer throw	63.29 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	26th (q)	Hammer throw	69.70 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	3rd	Hammer throw	72.88 m
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	1st	Hammer throw (6 kg)	84.71 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	2nd	Hammer throw	76.03 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	9th	Hammer throw	74.09 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6th	Hammer throw	75.46 m
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	3rd	Hammer throw	73.17 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	23rd (q)	Hammer throw	71.87 m
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	Hammer throw	76.88 m
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Hammer throw	73.76 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	9th	Hammer throw	75.41 m
2021	Arab Championships	Radès, Tunisia	2nd	Hammer throw	71.30 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	26th (q)	Hammer throw	71.84 m
2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	5th	Hammer throw	68.14 m
2023	West Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	Hammer throw	67.87 m
	Arab Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	5th	Hammer throw	65.92 m
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	2nd	Hammer throw	72.42 m

References

1. "Ashraf Amgad EL SEIFY | Profile | World Athletics".
2. Ashraf Amgad Elseify sets world junior hammer lead eyeing Barcelona 2012 Archived 25 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. Hammer prodigy Elseify shows off his style in front of legend Yuriy Sedykh
4. Aju George Chris (20 June 2012). "Hammer and tongs!". Doha Stadium Plus. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

External links

• Ashraf Amgad EL SEIFY at World Athletics
• Ashraf Amgad ELSEIFY at Olympics.com
• Ashraf El-Seify at Olympedia
• Ashraf Al Seifi at Team Qatar