Yasser Ibrahim Farag

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

Olympic medal record
Representing  Egypt
Men's athletics
All-Africa Games
	2011 Maputo	Discus throw
	2011 Maputo	Shot put

Biography

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.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Egypt
2001	African Junior Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	1st	Shot put	15.44 m
	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	2nd	Shot put (5 kg)	19.58 m
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	7th	Shot put (6 kg)	19.49 m
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	3rd	Shot put	17.96 m
			6th	Discus throw	55.73 m
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	7th	Shot put	16.65 m
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Congo Republic	3rd	Shot put	18.51 m
			4th	Discus throw	51.10 m
	Pan Arab Games	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	Shot put	18.65 m
2005	Islamic Solidarity Games	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	4th	Shot put	17.65 m
			5th	Discus throw	56.14 m
	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	9th	Shot put	17.36 m
			7th	Discus throw	55.38 m
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	Shot put	18.93 m
			2nd	Discus throw	54.38 m
	IAAF World Cup	Athens, Greece	8th	Shot put	18.23 m
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	31st (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	19th (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
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	6th	Shot put	19.25 m
			6th	Discus throw	59.72 m
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	6th	Discus throw	56.01 m
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	5th	Discus throw	52.82 m

References

1. Egyptian athletics championships winners since 1981 - GBR Athletics

External links

• Yasser Ibrahim Farag at World Athletics