Nagui Asaad

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Youssef Nagui Asaad ناجي أسعد, is an Egyptian athlete born on 12 September 1945 ^[1].

He represented Egypt in the international events in the 1970s and early 1980s in Shot put and Discus throw.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Achievements 2.1 Shot Put 2.2 Discus 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Biography

Graduated from The Faculty of Sport (Physical) Education (Boys) at Helwan University, and worked as a member of staff in the same faculty after graduation. During his work he obtained a PhD Degree in Physical education, and he currently works as a professor^[2] .

Internationaly he is 130 of the all time world list 150 shot put ^[3] by 20.71 Metre.

In Egypt he played for Al Ahly Sporting club Athletic team.

Along with his colleagues Hisham Greis,Hassan Ahmed Hamad and Mohamed Naguib Hamed formed one of the strongest Egyptian teams in throw events, a lot of Egyptian sport experts consider them to be the strongest team Egypt ever had.

Worked for many years in Bahrain as a coach for the national Athletic team and returned to Egypt in the 1990s to work in the same field with the Egyptian national team ^[4] as the squad's technical manager ^[5].

In 1999 as he was setting up a throwing school in Egypt, he recruited Discus thrower Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly and hammer thrower Mohsen El Anany ^[6] who joined the Egyptian squad after that and won championships in their fields under his supervision.

[edit] Achievements

Nagui Asaad remains the only Egyptian athlete to win Gold medals in three major championships namely All Africa Games ^[7] , Mediterranean Games^[8] and African Championships in Athletics^[9].

Important to mention that Nagui Asaad and Abdel Herin (1955 Mediterranean Games Marathon) are the only Egyptian athletes (Track and field) to win a Gold medal in the Mediterranean Gamess.

Nagui Asaad record shot put throw in All Africa games of 19.48 stood since 1973 All-Africa Games ^[10] as the championship record for twenty six years until Burger Lambrechts broke it at the 1999 All-Africa Games.

[edit] Shot Put

• Twice African champion in Shot Put, 1979, 1982^[11] .

• Gold medallist in shot put of the 1971 Mediterranean Games , İzmir (Turkey) ^[12]

• Twice Gold medallist in Shot Put of the All Africa Games , 1973 , Nigeria, 1978 , Algeria^[13]

• Twice Gold medallist in Shot Put of East and Central African Championships 1981, 1982^[14].

• Gold medallist in shot put of the 1980 Liberty Bell Classic , the alternative event arranged for those nations boycotting the 1980 Olympic Games ^[15]

• Silver medallist in shot put of the 1979 Mediterranean Games , Split, Yugoslavia ^[16]

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1971	1971 Mediterranean Games	İzmir, Turkey	1st	Shot Put
1973	All-Africa Games	Lagos, Nigeria	1st	Shot Put
1978	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Shot Put
1979	African Championship	Dakar, Senegal	1st	Shot Put
	1979 Mediterranean Games	Split, Yugoslavia	2nd	Shot Put
1982	African Championship	Cairo, Egypt	1st	Shot Put

[edit] Discus

• Silver medallist in Discus throw of the 1971 Mediterranean Games^[17] , İzmir (Turkey)^[18]

• Silver medallist in Discuss throw of the All Africa Games ,Nigeria, 1973 .^[19]

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1971	Mediterranean Games	İzmir, Turkey	2nd	Discus
1973	All-Africa Games	Lagos, Nigeria	2nd	Discus

[edit] See also

• Egyptian athletes
• Prominent Copts
• Athletics at the 1973 All-Africa Games
• Athletics at the 1978 All-Africa Games
• 1979 African Championships in Athletics
• 1982 African Championships in Athletics
• List of Egyptians
• Helwan University
• African Championships in Athletics
• Mediterranean Games
• All Africa Games
• List of African athletes

[edit] External links

• African Championships in Athletics results on gbrathletics website
• Mediterranean Games Athletic results gbrathletics website
• All Africa Games Athletics results gbrathletics website
• gbrathletics website East and Central African Championships results
• GBR Athletics Egyptian athletics championships winners since 1981
• Article on Arabs in 1971 Mediterranean Games Izmir
• Helwan University Faculty of Physical Education webpage

[edit] References

1. ^ http://digilander.libero.it/Mennea/Stagionali/WRL/1979/SP.htm
2. ^ Faculty of Physical Education websit in Arabic
3. ^ 150 best Shot Put
4. ^ Al-Ahram Weekly article
5. ^ Al-Ahram Weekly article
6. ^ IAAF on Omar El Ghazaly
7. ^ Egyptian sports
8. ^ Mediterraean games athletics resuls on GBR Athletics website
9. ^ African Athletic Champions, GBR Athletics website
10. ^ All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics
11. ^ African Athletic Champions, GBR Athletics website
12. ^ Mediterraean games athletics resuls on gbrathletics website
13. ^ GBR Athleticswebsite, All Africa Games results
14. ^ East and Central African Championships results on GBR Athletics website
15. ^ GBR Athletics website
16. ^ Mediterraean games athletics resuls on gbrathletics website
17. ^ Zoom info
18. ^ GBR Athletics website
19. ^ GBR Athletics website