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 Gamel
Personal information
Born (1988-10-01) 1 October 1988 (age 36)
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country Egypt
SportAthletics
EventHammer throw
Updated on 26 August 2016

He opened his 2014 season with a personal best throw of 81.27 m (266 ft 7+12 in) (by IAAF profile, 81.29 m by other sources) – a mark which broke the African record for the event.[1]

Competition record

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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
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 1st Hammer throw 75.70 m
Arab Games Oran, Algeria 1st Hammer throw 76.48 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 28th (q) Hammer throw 71.36 m
2024 African Games Accra, Ghana 1st Hammer throw 73.65 m
African Championships Douala, Cameroon 1st Hammer throw 72.88 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 30th (q) Hammer throw 70.09 m

References

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