Mohamed Afify

Mohamed Afify محمد عفيفي
Afify at the 2018 Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Afify
Born	(2001-11-10) November 10, 2001 (age 23) Alexandria, Egypt
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team	2018–present (EGY)
Club	Alexandria Sporting Club
Head coach(es)	Arafat Ahmed
Medal record Representing  Egypt African Games 2019 Rabat Team African Championships 2022 Cairo Team 2022 Cairo All-around 2022 Cairo Horizontal bar 2023 Pretoria Team 2024 Marrakesh Team 2024 Marrakesh Parallel bars 2022 Cairo Rings 2023 Pretoria All-around 2024 Marrakesh All-around 2024 Marrakesh Pommel Horse 2022 Cairo Parallel bars FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd Apparatus World Cup 0 1 0 Representing Mixed-NOCs Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team

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.

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
2018	Stella Zakharova Cup	10	11			5
	African Championships
	Youth Olympic Games	[a]
Senior
2019
	African Games		4					5	5
	World Championships		90
2021
	World Championships							46
2022
	African Championships			7
	World Championships		R3
2023	Baku World Cup							4
	Cairo World Cup
	African Championships
	World Championships		50
2024	Cairo World Cup							10
	Baku World Cup							6
	African Championships

1. The teams were randomly assigned with gymnasts from different countries and disciplines

References

1. "FIG profile: Mohamed Afify". International Gymnastics Federation.
2. "2018 African Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. May 19, 2018.
3. "Olympedia: Mohamed Afify". Olympedia.
4. "Egypt Breaks Records and Ranks First in African Games 2019". Cairo Gyms. September 3, 2019.
5. "2019 World Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. October 19, 2019.
6. "2021 World Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. October 27, 2021.
7. "Rooskrantz, Afify win senior all-around gold as Egypt sweeps team titles at African Championships". International Gymnast Media. July 12, 2022.
8. "Who qualified to the men's finals at Worlds?". The Gymternet. November 2, 2022.
9. "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.
10. "17th Senior African Championships Pretoria (RSA)". International Gymnastics Federation.
11. "52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. September 30, 2023.
12. "2024 African Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. May 7, 2024.

External links

• Mohamed Afify at the International Gymnastics Federation