Egyptian athlete
Yasser Ibrahim Farag (Arabic : ياسر ابراهيم فرج , born May 2, 1984) is an Egyptian athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw events.
Biography [ edit ]
He has also taken part in discus throw competitions. In 2003 he was the Egyptian champion in both shot put and discus throw.[1]
His personal best shot put is 19.87 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Ústí nad Labem . In the discus throw he has 61.58 metres, achieved at the 2007 All-Africa Games .
Competition record [ edit ]
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Egypt
2001
African Junior Championships
Tunis , Tunisia
1st
Shot put
15.44 m
World Youth Championships
Debrecen , Hungary
2nd
Shot put (5 kg)
19.58 m
2002
World Junior Championships
Kingston, Jamaica
7th
Shot put (6 kg)
19.49 m
2003
All-Africa Games
Abuja , Nigeria
3rd
Shot put
17.96 m
6th
Discus throw
55.73 m
Afro-Asian Games
Hyderabad, India
7th
Shot put
16.65 m
2004
African Championships
Brazzaville , Congo Republic
3rd
Shot put
18.51 m
4th
Discus throw
51.10 m
Pan Arab Games
Algiers, Algeria
2nd
Shot put
18.65 m
2005
Islamic Solidarity Games
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
4th
Shot put
17.65 m
5th
Discus throw
56.14 m
Mediterranean Games
Almería, Spain
9th
Shot put
17.36 m
7th
Discus throw
55.38 m
2006
African Championships
Bambous , Mauritius
1st
Shot put
18.93 m
2nd
Discus throw
54.38 m
IAAF World Cup
Athens , Greece
8th
Shot put
18.23 m
2007
All-Africa Games
Algiers , Algeria
1st
Shot put
19.20 m
2nd
Discus throw
61.58 m
Pan Arab Games
Cairo , Egypt
3rd
Shot put
19.42 m
3rd
Discus throw
57.74 m
2008
African Championships
Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
2nd
Shot put
17.39 m
2nd
Discus throw
56.06 m
Olympic Games
Beijing, China
37th (q)
Shot put
18.42 m
2009
Mediterranean Games
Pescara, Italy
3rd
Discus throw
61.07 m
World Championships
Berlin, Germany
31st (q)
Shot put
18.69 m
Jeux de la Francophonie
Beirut, Lebanon
2nd
Shot put
18.09 m
2nd
Discus throw
59.56 m
2010
World Indoor Championships
Doha , Qatar
19th (q)
Shot put
18.06 m
African Championships
Nairobi , Kenya
2nd
Discus throw
58.71 m
2011
All-Africa Games
Maputo , Mozambique
1st
Shot put
19.73 m (GR )
1st
Discus throw
63.20 m
Pan Arab Games
Doha , Qatar
1st
Shot put
19.44 m
2nd
Discus throw
60.47 m
2012
African Championships
Porto Novo, Benin
3rd
Shot put
18.78 m
2nd
Discus throw
59.61 m
2013
Mediterranean Games
Mersin, Turkey
6th
Shot put
19.25 m
6th
Discus throw
59.72 m
Islamic Solidarity Games
Palembang, Indonesia
6th
Discus throw
56.01 m
2014
African Championships
Marrakech, Morocco
5th
Discus throw
52.82 m
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