Ashraf Amgad Elseify

Ashraf Amgad Elseify

Personal information
Native name	اشرف امجد
Nationality	Qatari
Born	20 February 1995 Egypt
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Coached by	Alexey Malyukov
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	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

Ashraf Amgad Elseify (Arabic: اشرف امجد‎; born 20 February 1995) is a Qatari hammer thrower.

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.^[1]

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.^[2][3]

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

See Also

• Mutaz Essa Barshim

References

1. Ashraf Amgad Elseify sets world junior hammer lead eyeing Barcelona 2012
2. Hammer prodigy Elseify shows off his style in front of legend Yuriy Sedykh
3. Aju George Chris (20 June 2012). "Hammer and tongs!". Doha Stadium Plus. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

External links

• Ashraf Amgad Elseify profile at IAAF