- Mohsen El Anany
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Mohsen El Anany (born 21 May 1985) is an Egyptian hammer thrower. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia.
He started as a runner and was chosen for the throw events by the Egyptian coach Emad Fayez, following that El Anany was recruited by former African shot put champion Nagui Asaad,[1] who was setting up a throwing school that also included discus thrower Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly and shot putter Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Farag.[2]
His personal best throw is 77.36 metres, achieved on march 29, 2010 in Al Qâhira. This is the current national record.[3]
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Egypt 2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 2nd 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 23rd 71.78 m 2006 African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 3rd 2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 2nd [4] World Championships Osaka, Japan 19th 72.93 m 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, PR China — NM 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie Beirut, Lebanon 1st 71.30 m World Championships Berlin, Germany 20th 72.68 m References
- IAAF profile for Mohsen El Anany
- ^ AFNCI
- ^ IAAF on Omar El Ghazaly
- ^ Egyptian athletics records
- ^ 2007 All-Africa Games, men's hammer throw final
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Hammer throwers
- Egyptian athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Egypt
- People from Tunis
- African athletics biography stubs
- Egyptian sportspeople stubs
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