Mohamed Afify

Mohamed Afify (Arabic: محمد عفيفي, born November 10, 2001) is an Egyptian artistic gymnast. He is the 2022 African champion. Additionally he represented Egypt at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Mohamed Afify
محمد عفيفي
Afify at the 2018 Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameMohamed Afify
Born (2001-11-10) November 10, 2001
Alexandria, Egypt
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2018–present (EGY)
ClubAlexandria Sporting Club
Head coach(es)Arafat Ahmed
Medal record
Representing  Egypt
African Games
2019 RabatTeam
African Championships
2022 CairoTeam
2022 CairoAll-around
2022 CairoHorizontal bar
2023 PretoriaTeam
2024 MarrakeshTeam
2024 MarrakeshParallel bars
2022 CairoRings
2023 PretoriaAll-around
2024 MarrakeshAll-around
2024 MarrakeshPommel Horse
2022 CairoParallel bars
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 0 1 0
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos AiresMixed team

Personal life

Afify was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 2001.[1]

Gymnastics career

2018

Afify competed at the 2018 Junior African Championships where he helped Egypt place first as a team; individually he placed first in the all-around and on four of the six apparatuses.[2] He was later selected to represent Egypt at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Although he did not qualify to any individual finals, he won the bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event.[3]

Floor exercise
Rings
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Afify at the 2018 Youth Olympics

2019

Afify became age-eligible for senior competition in 2019. He competed at the 2019 African Games where he helped Egypt win the silver medal behind Algeria. Individually he placed fourth in the all-around.[4] Afify competed at his first ever World Championships in 2019. During qualifications he placed 90th in the all-around.[5]

2020–22

The majority of competitions were canceled or postponed in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Afify returned to competition at the Cairo World Cup where he was second reserve for the parallel bars final. In October he competed at the 2021 World Championships; he only competed on four events and was ranked 46th on parallel bars.[6]

In 2022 Afify competed at the African Championships where he became the African all-around champion. Additionally he won gold on horizontal bar and in the team final.[7] At the 2022 World Championships Afify finished 27th in the all-around during qualifications was the third reserve for the final.[8]

2023

Afify competed at various World Cups throughout early 2023. At the Cairo World Cup he won silver on parallel bars behind Illia Kovtun.[9] Afify next competed at the 2023 African Championships where he helped Egypt place first as a team; individually he won silver in the all-around behind compatriot Omar Mohamed.[10] Afify ended the year competing at the 2023 World Championships where he finished 50th in qualifications.[11]

2024

Afify competed at the World Cups in Cairo and Baku. At the African Championships he helped Egypt finish first as a team and individually he won silver in the all-around and on pommel horse and gold on the parallel bars.[12]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2018Stella Zakharova Cup10115
African Championships
Youth Olympic Games[lower-alpha 1]
Senior
2019
African Games455
World Championships90
2021
World Championships46
2022
African Championships7
World ChampionshipsR3
2023Baku World Cup4
Cairo World Cup
African Championships
World Championships50
2024Cairo World Cup10
Baku World Cup6
African Championships
  1. The teams were randomly assigned with gymnasts from different countries and disciplines

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.