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Native name | اشرف امجد | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Qatari | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Egypt |
20 February 1995 |||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Medal record
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HT (6 kg): 85.57 m (Barcelona 2012) WJR
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.
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, eventually Qatar paid for his family so he plays for Qatar.