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.
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| Full name | Mohamed Afify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 10, 2001 Alexandria, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2018–present (EGY) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Alexandria Sporting Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Arafat Ahmed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editAfify was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 2001.[1]
Gymnastics career
edit2018
editAfify 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]
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2019
editAfify 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
editThe 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
editAfify 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
editAfify 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
edit| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2018 | Stella Zakharova Cup | 10 | 11 |  |
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| World Championships | 90 | ||||||||
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| World Championships | 46 | ||||||||
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| World Championships | R3 | ||||||||
| 2023 | Baku World Cup | 4 | |||||||
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| World Championships | 50 | ||||||||
| 2024 | Cairo World Cup | 10 | |||||||
| Baku World Cup | 6 | ||||||||
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- ^ The teams were randomly assigned with gymnasts from different countries and disciplines
References
edit- ^ "FIG profile: Mohamed Afify". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "2018 African Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. May 19, 2018.
- ^ "Olympedia: Mohamed Afify". Olympedia.
- ^ "Egypt Breaks Records and Ranks First in African Games 2019". Cairo Gyms. September 3, 2019.
- ^ "2019 World Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. October 19, 2019.
- ^ "2021 World Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Rooskrantz, Afify win senior all-around gold as Egypt sweeps team titles at African Championships". International Gymnast Media. July 12, 2022.
- ^ "Who qualified to the men's finals at Worlds?". The Gymternet. November 2, 2022.
- ^ "محمد عفيفي صاحب فضية كأس العالم للجمباز: فخور بهذا الإنجاز.. وهدفنا التأهل لأولمبياد باريس" [Mohamed Afifi, silver medalist in the Gymnastics World Cup: Proud of this achievement... Our goal is to qualify for the Paris Olympics]. Egypt Independent (in Arabic). April 30, 2023.
- ^ "17th Senior African Championships Pretoria (RSA)". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. September 30, 2023.
- ^ "2024 African Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. May 7, 2024.