Karim Samir Lotfy El Sayed (born 21 April 1989) is an Egyptian

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. In age levels he finished eighth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, won the silver medal at the 2005 African Junior Championships, competed at the 2006 World Junior Championships and finished fourteenth at the 2008 World Junior Championships. In regional competitions he finished seventh at the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games (; ), also known as Algiers 2007 (), took place from 11 to 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers became the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were a ...

, fifth at the

2007 Pan Arab Games The 11th Arab Games took place in Cairo, Egypt from 11 – 26 November 2007. A total of 22 countries participated in 32 events. These games were the largest in the games' history; seven new events were introduced and 2000 more athletes participa ...

and fourth at the 2008 African Championships. His personal best is 2.25 metres, achieved in June 2008 in

Eberstadt Eberstadt () is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is best known for its winegrowing and its yearly international high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump una ...

. This is the Egyptian record.

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1989 births Living people Egyptian male high jumpers Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games African Games competitors for Egypt 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen Arab Athletics Championships winners {{Egypt-athletics-bio-stub