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Yasser Ibrahim Farag (Arabic : ياسر ابراهيم فرج , born May 2, 1984) is an Egyptian athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw events.
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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