Mostafa El Gamel Explained

Birth Date:	1988 10, df=yes
Weight:	96kg (212lb)
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Hammer throw
Updated:	26 August 2016

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.

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

Competition record

Representing
2007	African Junior Championships	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw (6 kg)	66.36 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	bgcolor=silver	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	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	74.76 m
	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	bgcolor=silver	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	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	76.68 m
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	77.73 m
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	79.09 m
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Hammer throw	78.89 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	Hammer throw	76.81 m
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	74.92 m
2018	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	73.50 m
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	72.50 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	30th (q)	Hammer throw	70.45 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	23rd (q)	Hammer throw	72.76 m
2022	African Championships	Port Louis, Mauritius	4th	Hammer throw	67.80 m
	Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	7th	Hammer throw	70.48 m
2023	Arab Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	75.70 m
	Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	76.48 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	28th (q)	Hammer throw	71.36 m
2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	73.65 m
	African Championships	Douala, Cameroon	bgcolor=gold	1st	Hammer throw	72.88 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	30th (q)	Hammer throw	70.09 m

Notes and References

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