Seif Asser Sherif

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Seif Asser Sherif
Born (1995-04-14) 14 April 1995 (age 30)
Giza, Egypt [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Trampoline gymnastics
Country
represented
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Club Gezira Sporting Club
Head coach(es)Ahmed Abouelela, Sergei Marchenko
Medal record
Representing Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Trampolining
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 Walvis BaySynchro
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 CairoTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 CairoSynchro
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 CairoIndividual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 CairoIndividual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 Walvis BayIndividual

Seif Asser Sherif (born 14 April 1995) is an Egyptian trampoline gymnast. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics and placed tenth after winning the African Championships.

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Gymnastics career

Sherif began artistic gymnastics at the age of four and switched to trampoline in 2009 at the Gezira Sporting Club. [1]

Sherif competed at his first World Championships in 2013 and finished 76th in the individual qualifications. [2] Additionally, the Egyptian team finished 17th. [3] At the 2015 Loule World Cup, he finished 69th in the individual qualifications and 24th in the synchro qualifications with Ahmed Abouelela Ibrahim. [4] Then at the 2015 World Championships, he finished 79th in the individual qualifications and 39th in the synchro qualifications with Ahmed Rady Mostafa. [5] [6] He also placed 24th with Egypt in the team event. [7]

At the 2016 African Championships, Sherif won a gold medal in the synchro competition and a silver medal in the individual event. [1] He competed at the 2017 World Championships and placed 62nd in the individual qualifications, [8] and he placed 22nd in the synchro qualifications with partner Mohab Hassan. [9] He won the individual silver medal at the 2018 African Championships in Cairo, behind Algeria's Redha Messatfa. There, he also won gold medals in the team event and in the synchro event with Hassan. [10]

Sherif finished 12th in the synchro qualifications at the 2019 Valladolid World Cup, where he also placed 75th in the individual qualifications. [11] At the 2019 World Championships, he finished 73rd in the individual qualifications, and Egypt finished 18th in the team competition. [1]

Sherif won the individual title at the 2021 African Championships and earned the continental berth for the Olympic Games. [12] [13] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he finished tenth in the qualifications and was the second reserve for the final. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Seif Sherif". 2020 Summer Olympics . Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. "29th Trampoline World Championships in Sofia (BUL) Senior Men's Individual Trampoline Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  3. "29th Trampoline World Championships in Sofia (BUL) Senior Men's Individual Trampoline Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  4. "Sherif Seif - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  5. "31st FIG World Championships Trampoline, Tumbling & Double Mini-Trampoline in Odense (DEN) Senior Men's Individual Trampoline Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  6. "31st FIG World Championships Trampoline, Tumbling & Double Mini-Trampoline in Odense (DEN) Senior Men's Synchronized Trampoline Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  7. "31st FIG World Championships Trampoline, Tumbling & Double Mini-Trampoline in Odense (DEN) Senior Men's Individual Trampoline Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  8. "32nd Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Sofia (Bulgaria) Men's Trampoline Individual Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 9 November 2017. p. 5. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  9. "32nd Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Sofia (Bulgaria) Men's Synchronised Trampoline Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  10. "Results for 14th African Championships Cairo (EGY)". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  11. "FIG Trampoline World Cup Competition Ciudad de Valladolid Results Book" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  12. "Next-generation Gymnastics stars took Trampoline to new heights in 2021". International Gymnastics Federation . 27 December 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  13. "Gymnastique/Championnats d'Afrique: Belkhir s'adjuge la médaille d'argent". Aps.dz. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  14. "Trampoline Gymnastics Results Book Results Book Tokyo 2020". International Olympic Committee. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.