Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly

Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly (born 9 February 1984 in Cairo) is an Egyptian discus thrower.

Career He originally played handball, while his siblings were on the Egyptian national swimming team.

In 1999 he was recruited by former African shot put champion Nagui Asaad, who was setting up a throwing school that also included hammer thrower Mohsen El Anany and shot putter Yasser Fathy. After having a try with the different implements, he settled for the discus and rapidly made his debut in the national team. In 2000, aged 16, he was selected for the Egyptian team for the World Junior Championships, where he finished in 17th. In 2007, he also became the first Egyptian athlete to reach the final of an event at the Athletics World Championships. He again reached the final, but could only achieve 9th place.

His 2010 season was again marred by injury.

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