Omar Assar

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Omar Assar
Full nameOmar Muhammadi Muhammad Muhammad Assar
Born (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 32)
Desouk, Egypt
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Table tennis career Table tennis pictogram.svg
Playing style shake hand grip, right handed
Current ranking22 (22 August 2023)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Maputo Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 MaputoTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Rabat Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 RabatMixed Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Accra Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 AccraTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 MaputoDoubles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 BrazzavilleTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2011 MaputoMixed Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Brazzaville Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Brazzaville Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 RabatMixed Doubles
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Yaounde Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Yaounde Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Cairo Mixed Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Cairo Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Cairo Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Cairo Mixed Doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Cairo Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Yaounde Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Cairo Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Cairo Doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Cairo Doubles
Africa Senior Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Yaounde Singles
Africa TOP 16 Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Lagos Singles
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Mersin Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Oran Singles
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Doha Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Doha Singles

Omar Muhammadi Muhammad Muhammad Assar (born 22 July 1991 in Desouk) is an Egyptian table tennis player. [1] He won silver in singles and gold in team play at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's singles, but was defeated in the second round on both occasions. [2] [3]

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Career

2012 Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics Assar competed in the men's singles, where he lost in the second round to Panagiotis Gionis, and the men's team event, where Egypt lost in the first round to Austria. [3]

2016 Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics Assar competed in the men's singles only. He lost in the second round again, this time narrowly losing 3–4 to Lei Kou of Ukraine. [3]

ITTF World Championships 2017

Men's singles

Assar competed in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, seeded as number 50, facing off against Italian player Marco Rech in the first round, whom he defeated in a close match (4-3), having lost the first 3 sets. In the second round, he was defeated by Hong Kong player, and number 7 seed Wong Chun Ting (2-4).

Men's doubles

Assar teamed with fellow Egyptian player Mohamed El-Beiali for the doubles event, in which they were unseeded and faced the number 5 seed Brazilian of Hugo Calderano and Gustavo Tsuboi, losing the match (2-4).

"Mixed Doubles"

Assar teamed with fellow Egyptian player Dina Meshref for the mixed doubles event, seeded as number 12 team. They advanced to the third round of the tournament, before being eliminated by the Spanish team of Álvaro Robles and Galia Dvorak (1-4).

All-African Games

Assar won both the 2015 and 2016 All-African Games, Men's Singles. In 2017, his three-peat was interrupted by Nigerian table tennis player, Quadri Aruna, who defeated Assar in the tournament final (3-4).

2018 ITTF African-Cup

Assar defeated Tunisian table tennis player Thameur Mamia (4-1) in the quarterfinals of the event. He then defeated Saheed Idowu in the semifinal (4-0). Finally, Assar defeated long-time rival Quadri Aruna in the final of the event in order to win his third African-Cup.

2020 Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Assar finished 5th in the men's singles event after losing to China's Ma Long in the quarterfinals. [4] He also competed in the men's team event and the mixed doubles. [5]

As of August 2021, Omar is ranked 36th in the world in the ITTF world rankings. He reached his highest ranking of 16th in March 2016. [6]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Omar Assar". NBC. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Omar Assar Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Table Tennis - Men's Singles Medals & Rankings". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. ↑ "Table Tennis ASSAR Omar". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  6. ↑ "World Ranking". www.ittf.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
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