Ashraf Amgad Elseify (Arabic: أشرف أمجد الصيفي; born 20 February 1995) is a Qatari hammer thrower.
Biography
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.[2]
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.[3][4]
Achievements
References
- ^ "Ashraf Amgad EL SEIFY | Profile | World Athletics".
- ^ Ashraf Amgad Elseify sets world junior hammer lead eyeing Barcelona 2012 Archived 25 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hammer prodigy Elseify shows off his style in front of legend Yuriy Sedykh
- ^ Aju George Chris (20 June 2012). "Hammer and tongs!". Doha Stadium Plus. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
External links
- Ashraf Amgad EL SEIFY at World Athletics
- Ashraf Amgad ELSEIFY at Olympics.com
- Ashraf El-Seify at Olympedia
- Ashraf Al Seifi at Team Qatar