Mostafa Al-Gamel

Mostafa Al-Gamel

Personal information
Born	1 October 1988
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country	Egypt
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Hammer throw
Updated on 14 August 2012.

Mostafa Mohamed Hesham Al-Gamel (born 1 October 1988 in Giza) is an Egyptian athlete. He competed for Egypt in hammer throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

He opened his 2014 season with a personal best throw of 81.27 m (266 ft 7¹⁄₂ in) (by IAAF profile, 81.29 m by other sources) – a mark which broke the African record holder for the event.^[1]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Egypt
2007	African Junior Championships	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	1st	Hammer throw (6 kg)	66.36 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2nd	Hammer throw	69.70 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	3rd	Hammer throw	71.40 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	30th (q)	Hammer throw	68.38 m
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	1st	Hammer throw	74.76 m
	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Hammer throw	70.23 m
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	3rd	Hammer throw	73.81 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	29th (q)	Hammer throw	71.36 m
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	Hammer throw	76.68 m
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	1st	Hammer throw	77.73 m
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	1st	Hammer throw	79.09 m
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	2nd	Hammer throw	78.89 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	Hammer throw	76.81 m
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	Hammer throw	74.92 m

References

• Mostafa Al-Gamel profile at IAAF

1. Mulkeen, Jon (2014-03-22). Al-Gamel smashes African hammer record with 81.29m. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-22.