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Yasser Ibrahim Farag (Arabic : ياسر ابراهيم فرج , born May 2, 1984) is an Egyptian shot putter .
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 .
Major competitions record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Egypt
2001
African Junior Championships
Tunis , Tunisia
1st
Shot put
World Youth Championships
Debrecen , Hungary
2nd
Shot put (5 kg)
19.58 m
2002
World Junior Championships
Kingston, Jamaica
7th
Shot put (6 kg)
2003
All-Africa Games
Abuja , Nigeria
3rd
Shot put
2004
African Championships
Brazzaville , Congo Republic
3rd
Shot put
Pan Arab Games
Algiers, Algeria
2nd
Shot put
18.65 m
2006
African Championships
Bambous , Mauritius
1st
Shot put
2nd
Discus throw
IAAF World Cup
Athens , Greece
8th
Shot put
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
32nd (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
20th (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
References
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