Mostafa Al-Gamel

Mostafa Al-Gamel

Personal information
Born	(1988-10-01) 1 October 1988
Height
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country	Egypt
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Hammer throw
Updated on 14 August 2012.

Mostafa Mohamed Hesham Al-Gamel (born 1 October 1988 in Giza) is an Egyptian athlete. He competed for Egypt in hammer throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

He opened his 2014 season with a personal best throw of 81.27 m (266 ft 7​¹⁄₂ in) (by IAAF profile, 81.29 m by other sources) – a mark which broke the African record holder for the event.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Egypt
2007	African Junior Championships	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	1st	Hammer throw (6 kg)	66.36 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2nd	Hammer throw	69.70 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	3rd	Hammer throw	71.40 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	30th (q)	Hammer throw	68.38 m
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	1st	Hammer throw	74.76 m
	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Hammer throw	70.23 m
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	3rd	Hammer throw	73.81 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	29th (q)	Hammer throw	71.36 m
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	Hammer throw	76.68 m
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	1st	Hammer throw	77.73 m
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	1st	Hammer throw	79.09 m
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	2nd	Hammer throw	78.89 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	Hammer throw	76.81 m
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	Hammer throw	74.92 m

References

• Mostafa Al-Gamel profile at IAAF