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Mohamed Afify
Egyptian artistic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Personal life
Afify was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 2001.[1]
Gymnastics career
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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]
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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]
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