Adem Asil

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Adem Asil
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Gymnastics Individual all-around Medal Ceremony Adem Asil 20220810 (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Alternative name(s)Abdelrahman Elgamal
Abdelrahman Elzamzamy
Abdelrahman El Zamzamy
Nickname(s)Abdel [1]
Country representedFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Former countries representedFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Born (1999-02-21) 21 February 1999 (age 25)
Alexandria, Egypt
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2020–present (Turkey)
2007–2017 (Egypt)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Men's artistic gymnastics
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Liverpool Rings
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Antalya All-Around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Antalya Rings
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Mersin Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Munich Rings
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Antalya Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Basel Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Munich Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Munich All-Around
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Oran Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Oran All-Around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Oran Vault
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Oran Rings
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Oran Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Oran Floor Exercise
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Konya Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Konya All-Around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Konya Rings
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Konya Vault
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Konya Floor Exercise
World University Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Chengdu Rings

Adem Asil (born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 Olympic Games. [2] He is the 2022 World Champion on still rings and is the 2023 European all-around champion.

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Born Abdelrahman Elzamzamy, he changed his name to Abdelrahman Elgamal when he moved to Turkey and competed under that name at a 2020 European Championship. In 2021, he changed it again to Adem Asil, as a response to the condition of changing a foreign name into Turkish, to obtain naturalization. [3] [4]

Personal life

Abdelrahman Elzamzamy was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 21 February 1999 to a middle-class Egyptian family. [5] [6]

Gymnastics career

Representing Egypt

2017

A member of the Egyptian national team, Elzamzamy took part in the Paris Challenge Cup in France and the Varna Challenge Cup in Bulgaria. He later competed at the World Championships in Montreal where he finished 37th in the all-around during qualification and did not advance to any event finals. [5]

Representing Turkey

2018–2020

Shortly after the 2017 World Championships, Elzamzamy's coach announced that he was moving to Turkey and invited Elzamzamy to showcase himself in front of the Turkish national coaches. They were impressed with "his work ethic, his evident strength, and his unshakable belief in himself" and invited him to train with the Turkish national team. [1] Elzamzamy moved to Turkey leaving his parents in Egypt while continuing training gymnastics in Turkey. After becoming a naturalized citizen in 2019 the International Gymnastics Federation approved his request for nationality change; however it wouldn't take effect until 2020. [7]

Elgamal competed for Turkey the first time at the 2020 Baku World Cup. [5] He later was chosen to represent Turkey at the 2020 European Championships in Mersin. [2] He helped Turkey win silver in the team event. [8] Additionally he finished fourth on rings and horizontal bar.

2021

Elgamal began competing under the name Adem Asil in 2021. At the European Championships Asil finished fifth in the all-around during qualifications and therefore earned an individual Olympic berth to compete at the postponed 2020 Olympic Games. He suffered an injury during the all-around final and did not finish. However he competed during the horizontal bar final and won the bronze medal behind David Belyavskiy and Andy Toba. Asil next competed at the Osijek Challenge Cup and the Doha World Cup, picking up three medals at the former. At the Olympic Games Asil qualified to the all-around, rings, and vault finals. He finished fifteenth in the all-around, seventh on rings, and sixth on vault. Asil finished the year competing at the World Championships where he finished eleventh in the all-around.

2022

Asil started the year competing at the World Cups in Cottbus, Baku, and Osijek. He competed at the Mediterranean Games where he helped Turkey win gold in the team event. Individually Asil won gold in the all-around and on vault, silver on rings and horizontal bar behind İbrahim Çolak and Marios Georgiou respectively, and bronze on floor exercise.

Asil (right) at the Islamic Solidarity Games 5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Gymnastics Team Medal Ceremony Turkey Team 20220810.jpg
Asil (right) at the Islamic Solidarity Games

Asil next competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games where he helped Turkey once again win gold in the team event. Individually he won gold in the all-around and on rings, silver on vault, and bronze on floor exercise. In August Asil competed at the 2022 European Championships. On the first day of competition Asil won bronze in the all-around behind Joe Fraser and compatriot Ahmet Önder. He helped Turkey win bronze in the team event and individually he won silver on rings behind Eleftherios Petrounias. [9]

In September Asil competed at the Paris World Challenge Cup. He won gold on both vault and rings. [10]

At the World Championships Asil helped Turkey finish eleventh during qualifications – their highest placement in history. Individually Asil won gold on rings, earning Turkey's second gold medal on the event after İbrahim Çolak in 2019. [11]

2023

Asil competed at the 2023 European Championships where he helped Turkey finish second as a team. Individually he won gold in the all-around, becoming the first Turkish gymnast to achieve the feat. During apparatus finals he won gold on rings and placed fifth on vault. Asil next competed at the World University Games where he helped the Turkish team finish ninth. Individually he won bronze on rings behind Lan Xingyu and Zou Jingyuan and placed fifth on vault. [12]

Competitive history

Asil (right) at the 2022 European Championships European Championships 2022-08-18 Senior Men All-around Victory ceremony (Norman Seibert) - DSC 4338.jpg
Asil (right) at the 2022 European Championships
YearEventTeamAA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Senior
representing Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
2017 Varna Challenge Cup 75
World Championships 37
representing Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
2019 Turkish ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg54Bronze medal icon.svg5
2020 Turkish ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Baku World Cup Gold medal icon.svg7
European Championships Silver medal icon.svg44
2021 Turkish ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg4Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg4Silver medal icon.svg
European Championships DNF6Bronze medal icon.svg
Osijek Challenge Cup 6Bronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Doha World Cup 44
Olympic Games 1576
Turkish Team ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
World Championships 11
2022 Cottbus World Cup 4Bronze medal icon.svg
Baku World Cup 86
Osijek Challenge Cup Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg5
Mediterranean Games Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Islamic Solidarity Games Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg7
European Championships Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg6Silver medal icon.svg
Paris Challenge Cup Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Mersin Challenge Cup Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg8Silver medal icon.svg
World Championships 11WDGold medal icon.svgR1
Arthur Gander Memorial5
Swiss Cup Bronze medal icon.svg
2023 Cottbus World Cup 5
Doha World Cup 4Silver medal icon.svg84
DTB Pokal Team Challenge Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
European Championships Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg5
World University Games 9WDBronze medal icon.svg5
World Championships 10WD
Arthur Gander Memorial7
Swiss Cup 6
2024 Antalya Challenge Cup Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
European Championships 9

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