Mohamed Magdi Hamza

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Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif
Personal information
Born (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 27)
Educationbusiness information system
Height199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight160 kg (353 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Shot put
Coached byyasser fathy
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
African Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville Shot put
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Rabat Shot put
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Accra Shot put
African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Asaba Shot put
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Saint Pierre Shot put
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Oran Shot put

Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif (born 30 August 1996) is an Egyptian olympic athlete specialising in the shot put. [1] He won silver medals at the 2018 African Championships and 2015 African Games.

His personal bests are 21.39 metres (Egyptian record) outdoors (Cairo 2016) and 19.35 metres indoors (Jablonec nad Nisou 2017).

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
2013 African Youth Championships Warri, Nigeria 1stShot put (5 kg)21.22 m
1stDiscus throw (1.5 kg)58.62 m
Arab Youth Championships Cairo, Egypt 1stShot put (5 kg)20.17 m
2ndDiscus throw (1.5 kg)56.96 m
World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 3rdShot put (5 kg)20.58 m
24th (q)Discus throw (1.5 kg)52.56 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 4thShot put (6 kg) 19.85 m
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5thShot put 17.64 m
2015 African Junior Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1stShot put (6 kg)20.66 m
4thDiscus throw (1.75 kg)52.04 m
Arab Championships Isa Town, Bahrain 2ndShot put18.38 m
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 2ndShot put 19.78 m
2016 Mediterranean U23 Championships Tunis, Tunisia 1stShot put19.42 m
African Championships Durban, South Africa 6thShot put 19.00 m
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 10th (q)Shot put 18.58 m
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 2ndShot put 19.33 m
2019 Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt 2ndShot put20.39 m
Universiade Napoli, Italy 8thShot put 19.26 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 25th (q)Shot put 19.91 m
2021 Arab Championships Radès, Tunisia 2ndShot put20.30 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 25th (q)Shot put 19.82 m
2022 African Championships Port Louis, Mauritius 3rdShot put 20.33 m
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 3rdShot put 20.35 m
2023 Arab Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 2ndShot put20.33 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 14th (q)Shot put 20.68 m
2024 African Games Accra, Ghana 3rdShot put 20.29 m

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