Mostafa El Gamel

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

"Mostafa El Gamal" redirects here. For the footballer, see Mostafa El Gamal (footballer).

Mostafa El Gamel

Personal information
Born	(1988-10-01) 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 African Games 2011 Maputo Hammer throw 2015 Brazzaville Hammer throw African Championships 2014 Marrakech Hammer throw 2008 Addis Ababa Hammer throw 2010 Nairobi Hammer throw 2012 Porto Novo Hammer throw
Updated on 26 August 2016.

He opened his 2014 season with a personal best throw of 81.27 m (266 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in) (by IAAF profile, 81.29 m by other sources) – a mark which broke the African record 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
2018	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	1st	Hammer throw	73.50 m
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	1st	Hammer throw	72.50 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	30th (q)	Hammer throw	70.45 m

References

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

External links

• Mostafa El Gamel at World Athletics