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Egyptian sport shooter (born 1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Azmy Mehelba (born 26 March 1991) is an Egyptian sport Olympic shooter, who began shooting at age 11. He was selected to join the Egyptian national men skeet shooting team by the age of 14 and participated in his first international competition at age 15.
_(cropped).jpg) Azmy Mehelba at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current World ranking number 1 and World record holder 125/125 at World championship Baku 2023, he has been keeping the top of the ranking for long period. He was also ranked World number 1 and World number 2 several times before by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).[1] He represented his country in many international competitions and has qualified for four consecutive Olympic Games, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He was the first Arab & African athlete in all sports to qualify for Rio 2016 where he finished in 10th place (just one target from the finals) and Paris 2024 where he finished also in 10th place just one target from the final.
Due to his achievements, unequalled in the history of sports shooting in Egypt, the shooting range at the Alexandria shooting club has been named after him. His brother, Abdel-Aziz Mehelba, also competed for Egypt at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] and 2021 Tokyo Olympic games, they also won together in world cup final Doha, Qatar 2023 Gold and Silver in trap and skeet respectively for the first time in history of shooting as two brothers winning together in same competition after they have done it before in world cup Lontao 2021 winning Gold and Bronze in Skeet and trap respectively.
| Bronze medal Arab championship 2006 |
| 6th place World championship Nicosia 2007 |
| 7th place Mediterranean Games Pescara 2009 |
| Bronze medal Grand Prix Cyprus 2010 |
| 8th place World Championship Munich 2010 |
| Gold medal African Championship 2011 (new African record 148/150) |
| Gold medal teams African championship 2011 |
| Silver medal Arab Games 2011 |
| 4th place Grand Prix Czech Republic 2012 |
| 4th place Grand Prix Serbia 2012 |
| Participation in London Olympic Games 2012 |
| 4th place Mediterranean Games Mersin 2013 |
| Gold medal African championship 2014 |
| Gold medal teams African championship 2014 |
| Gold medal Afro-Asian championship 2014 |
| Bronze medal World championships Granada 2014 and (Olympics Quota place for Rio 2016) |
| Silver medal World cup final Azerbijian 2014 |
| Gold medal in all Egyptian local competitions 2013,2014 |
| 4th place World cup Gabala 2015 ( new Egyptian, Arab and African record 124/125 ) |
| 6th place World championships lonato 2015 |
| Bronze medal Arab championship Rabat 2015 |
| Silver medal teams Arab championship Rabat 2015 |
| Gold medal in all Egyptian local competitions 2016,2017 |
| Gold medal Grandprix Cyprus 2016 |
| 6th place World cup Cyprus 2016 |
| Gold medal Arab championship Cairo 2016 |
| Silver medal teams Arab championship Cairo 2016 |
| Gold medal Fazza italian Green cup 2016 & ( World record 125/125) |
| Silver medal world cup Baku 2016 |
| 10th place Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016 |
| Bronze medal World cup final Rome 2016 |
| Gold medal African championship Cairo 2017 |
| Gold medal teams African championship Cairo 2017 |
| Gold medal in all Egyptian local competitions 2018,2019 |
| Silver medal World cup Malta 2018 |
| Bronze medal Grand prix Morocco 2019 |
| Bronze medal World cup Finland 2019 ( Olympic Quota place for Tokyo 2020 ) |
| Bronze medal World cup final Alain 2019 |
| Gold medal Arab championship Morocco 2020 |
| Silver medal teams Arab championship Morocco 2020 |
| Bronze medal Grand prix Morocco 2020 |
| Silver medal Arab championship Cairo 2020 |
| Silver medal teams Arab championship cairo 2020 |
| Bronze medal World cup Nicosia 2020 |
| 5th place World cup Cairo 2021 |
| Gold medal World cup Lonato 2021 |
| Gold medal World cup Nicosia 2022 |
| Bronze medal Mediterranean games Oran 2022 |
| Gold medal Worldchampionship Osijek 2022 (Olympics Quota place for Paris 2024) |
| Silver medal World cup Rabat, Morocco 2023 |
| Gold medal Qatar open Grand prix 2023 |
| 4th place World cup Doha, Qatat 2023 |
| 7th place World cup Larnaca, Cyprus 2023 |
| 6th place World cup Lonato, Italy 2023 |
| Bronze medal World Championship Baku, Azerbaijan 2023 |
| World record holder ( 125/125 ) World Championship Baku, Azerbaijan 2023 |
| Gold medal African championship Cairo, Egypt 2023 |
| Silver medal World cup final Doha, Qatar 2023 |
| Gold medal World cup Cairo, Egypt 2024 |
| Broze medal Amir Grand Prix Doha, Qatar 2024 |
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