Mostafa Mohamed Hesham El Gamel (born 1 October 1988 in

Giza Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah'' arz, الجيزة ' ) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9.2 ...

) is an Egyptian athlete. He competed for Egypt in

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He opened his 2014 season with a personal best throw of (by IAAF profile, 81.29 m by other sources) – a mark which broke the African record for the event.Mulkeen, Jon (22 March 2014)
Al-Gamel smashes African hammer record with 81.29m
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-22.

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* 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Giza Egyptian male hammer throwers Olympic athletes of Egypt Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Egypt Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Championships in Athletics winners Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Egypt Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-athletics-bio-stub