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{{Short description|Egyptian shot putter and discus thrower}}
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'''Nagui Asaad Youssef (a.k.a. Nagy Assaad Youssef)''' ناجى أسعد, (born September 12, 1945<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://digilander.libero.it/Mennea/Stagionali/WRL/1979/SP.htm|title=Lista Anno|website=digilander.libero.it|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>), is a retired [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] athlete ([[track and field]]) who represented Egypt in international athletics events in the 1970s and early 1980s in [[shot put]] and [[discus throw]].
'''Nagui Asaad Youssef (a.k.a. Nagy Assaad Youssef)''' ناجى أسعد, (born 12 September 1945<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://digilander.libero.it/Mennea/Stagionali/WRL/1979/SP.htm|title=Lista Anno|website=digilander.libero.it|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>), is a retired [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] athlete ([[track and field]]) who represented Egypt in international athletics events in the 1970s and early 1980s in [[shot put]] and [[discus throw]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Nagui Asaad was born to a [[Copts|Coptic]] family in the north of Egypt, then moved to [[Cairo]] where he graduated from The Faculty of Sport (Physical) Education for Boys at [[Helwan University]], following that he worked as a member of teaching staff in the same faculty after graduation. During his work he obtained a [[PhD]] Degree in Physical education, and he currently works as a professor<ref>[http://193.227.34.212/peducationboys/Kinesiology/Staff_Kinesiology.html Faculty of Physical Education website in Arabic]</ref> in the same faculty.
Nagui Asaad was born on 12 September 1945 to a [[Copts|Coptic]] family in the north of Egypt.<ref>[https://www.wataninet.com/2016/10/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%89-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89/ Watani: ناجى أسعد ..عملاق العاب القوى]</ref> He moved to [[Cairo]] where he graduated from the Faculty of Sport (Physical) Education for Boys at [[Helwan University]]. He later worked as a member of teaching staff in the same faculty after graduation. He obtained [[PhD]] in Physical Education, and currently works as a professor<ref>[http://193.227.34.212/peducationboys/Kinesiology/Staff_Kinesiology.html Faculty of Physical Education website in Arabic]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> in the same faculty.


Nagui Asaad played in the [[Basketball]] team of [[Al-Ahly|El Ahly]] Sporting club between 1966 and 1969 <ref>[http://www.al-araby.com/articles/1025/060910-1025-spr02.htm Alaraby article]</ref> then he joined the Athletic team at the same club and became the Egyptian champion in [[Shot Put]].
Nagui Asaad played in the [[Basketball]] team of [[Al Ahly (basketball)|Al Ahly]] Sporting club between 1966 and 1969 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.al-araby.com/articles/1025/060910-1025-spr02.htm |title=Alaraby article |access-date=2007-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822234114/http://www.al-araby.com/articles/1025/060910-1025-spr02.htm |archive-date=2007-08-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> then he joined the Athletic team at the same club and became the Egyptian champion in [[Shot Put]].


Along with his colleagues [[Hisham Greiss]], [[Hassan Ahmed Hamad]] and [[Mohamed Naguib Hamed]] formed one of the strongest Egyptian teams in throw events, a lot of Egyptian sport experts consider them to be the strongest team Egypt ever had.
Along with his colleagues [[Hisham Greiss]], [[Hassan Ahmed Hamad]] and [[Mohamed Naguib Hamed]] formed one of the strongest Egyptian teams in throw events, a lot of Egyptian sport experts consider them to be the strongest team Egypt ever had.


Following his retirement from competitive events he Worked for many years in [[Bahrain]] as a coach for the national Athletic team and returned to Egypt in the 1990s to work in the same field with the Egyptian national team <ref name="Al-Ahram Weekly article">[http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/545/sp3.htm Al-Ahram Weekly article]</ref> as the squad's technical manager.<ref>[http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/508/sp4.htm Al-Ahram Weekly article]</ref>
Following his retirement from competitive events he Worked for many years in [[Bahrain]] as a coach for the national Athletic team and returned to Egypt in the 1990s to work in the same field with the Egyptian national team <ref name="Al-Ahram Weekly article">[http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/545/sp3.htm Al-Ahram Weekly article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911225128/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/545/sp3.htm |date=2008-09-11 }}</ref> as the squad's technical manager.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/508/sp4.htm |title=Al-Ahram Weekly article |access-date=2007-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818093122/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/508/sp4.htm |archive-date=2007-08-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In 1999 as he was setting up a throwing school in Egypt, he recruited Discus thrower [[Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly]] and hammer thrower [[Mohsen El Anany]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/focusOnAthletes/newsId=36230/index.htm|title=IAAF: News {{!}} iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> who joined the Egyptian squad after that and won championships in their fields under his supervision. Achievements of the Egyptian team under nagui Asaad's management were described as unprecedented in the history of [[Egyptian Athletic Federation|Egypt's Athletics Federation]] since its 1910 founding.<ref name="Al-Ahram Weekly article"/>
In 1999 as he was setting up a throwing school in Egypt, he recruited Discus thrower [[Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly]] and hammer thrower [[Mohsen El Anany]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/focusOnAthletes/newsId=36230/index.htm|title=IAAF: News {{!}} iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> who joined the Egyptian squad after that and won championships in their fields under his supervision. Achievements of the Egyptian team under nagui Asaad's management were described as unprecedented in the history of [[Egyptian Athletic Federation|Egypt's Athletics Federation]] since its 1910 founding.<ref name="Al-Ahram Weekly article"/>


==Achievements==
==Achievements==
'''Nagui Asaad''' remains the only Egyptian athlete ([[track and field]]) to win Gold medals in three major championships, namely; [[All Africa Games]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/other/AtheleticsegyinAllAfrica.html|title=Egyptian Sports Online - Athletics in All Africa Games|last=Said|first=Dr.Tarek|website=www.angelfire.com|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> [[Mediterranean Games]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm|title=Mediterranean Games|website=www.gbrathletics.com|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> and [[African Championships in Athletics]].<ref name="AfricanAthletic">[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm African Athletic Champions, GBR Athletics website]</ref> He has won a total of three medals at the Mediterranean Games one gold and two silver.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm Mediterranean Games – Past Medallists GBR Athletics.]</ref> He was the first Egyptian to exceed 20 metres in shot put throws.<ref>[http://www.masress.com/riada/2377 Masress.com]</ref>
'''Nagui Asaad''' remains the only Egyptian athlete ([[track and field]]) to win Gold medals in three major championships, namely; [[All Africa Games]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/other/AtheleticsegyinAllAfrica.html|title=Egyptian Sports Online - Athletics in All Africa Games|last=Said|first=Dr.Tarek|website=www.angelfire.com|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> [[Mediterranean Games]]<ref name="gbrathletics.com"/> and [[African Championships in Athletics]].<ref name="AfricanAthletic">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm|title=African Championships|website=www.gbrathletics.com|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> He has won a total of three medals at the Mediterranean Games one gold and two silver.<ref name="gbrathletics.com"/> He was the first Egyptian to exceed 20 metres in shot put throws.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.masress.com/riada/2377|title=الآن فقط.. مصر فيها ألعاب قوي|work=مصرس|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>


Nagui Asaad and [[Abdel Herin]] ([[1955 Mediterranean Games|1955 Mediterranean Games Marathon]]) remain to date the only two Egyptian [[Track and field]] athletes to have won a Gold medal each in the [[Mediterranean Games]].
Nagui Asaad and [[Abdel Herin]] ([[1955 Mediterranean Games|1955 Mediterranean Games Marathon]]) remain to date the only two Egyptian [[Track and field]] athletes to have won a Gold medal each in the [[Mediterranean Games]].


Internationally he ranks as number 130 of the world's 150 all-time best throws [[shot put]] <ref>[http://web.telia.com/~u19603668/atb-m29.htm 150 best Shot Put]</ref> by 20.71 Metre.
Internationally he ranks as number 130 of the world's 150 all-time best throws [[shot put]]<ref>[http://web.telia.com/~u19603668/atb-m29.htm 150 best Shot Put] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050419192744/http://web.telia.com/~u19603668/atb-m29.htm |date=2005-04-19 }}</ref> by 20.71 Metre.


===Championships record throws===
===Championships record throws===
Nagui Asaad held the championship record of the [[African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] since [[1982 African Championships in Athletics]], with a throw of 20.44 metres.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm African Championships GBR Athletics]</ref> until [[2004 African Championships in Athletics]] when [[Janus Robberts]] achieved 21.02.
Nagui Asaad held the championship record of the [[African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] since [[1982 African Championships in Athletics]], with a throw of 20.44 metres.<ref name="AfricanAthletic"/> until [[2004 African Championships in Athletics]] when [[Janus Robberts]] achieved 21.02.


His record shot put throw in All Africa games of 19.48 stood since [[1973 All-Africa Games]] <ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afg.htm All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics]</ref> as the championship record for twenty six years until [[Burger Lambrechts]] broke it at the [[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games|1999 All-Africa Games]].
His record shot put throw in All Africa games of 19.48 stood since [[1973 All-Africa Games]]<ref name="All-Africa Games">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afg.htm|title=All-Africa Games|website=www.gbrathletics.com|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref> as the championship record for twenty six years until [[Burger Lambrechts]] broke it at the [[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games|1999 All-Africa Games]].


Between 1971 and 1979 Nagui Asaad held the championship record of the [[Mediterranean Games]] in Shot Put with a throw of 20.19 Meters, this record was broken by [[Vladimir Milić]] from [[Yugoslavia]] in 1979.
Between 1971 and 1979 Nagui Asaad held the championship record of the [[Mediterranean Games]] in Shot Put with a throw of 20.19 Meters, this record was broken by [[Vladimir Milić]] from [[Yugoslavia]] in 1979.
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===Shot Put Medals===
===Shot Put Medals===
*Twice African champion in [[Shot Put]], 1979, 1982.<ref name="AfricanAthletic" />
*Twice African champion in [[Shot Put]], 1979, 1982.<ref name="AfricanAthletic" />
*Gold medallist in shot put of the [[1971 Mediterranean Games]], İzmir (Turkey) <ref name="gbrathletics.com">[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm Mediterranean games athletics results on gbrathletics website]</ref>
*Gold medallist in shot put of the [[1971 Mediterranean Games]], İzmir (Turkey) <ref name="gbrathletics.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm|title=Mediterranean Games|website=www.gbrathletics.com|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>
*Twice Gold medallist in Shot Put of the [[All Africa Games]], 1973, [[Nigeria]], 1978, [[Algeria]]<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afg.htm GBR Athleticswebsite, All Africa Games results]</ref>
*Twice Gold medallist in Shot Put of the [[All Africa Games]], 1973, [[Nigeria]], 1978, [[Algeria]]<ref name="All-Africa Games"/>
*Twice Gold medallist in Shot Put of East and Central African Championships 1981, 1982.<ref>[http://www.gbrolympics.com/ic/ecafc.htm East and Central African Championships results on GBR Athletics website]</ref>
*Twice Gold medallist in Shot Put of East and Central African Championships 1981, 1982.<ref>[http://www.gbrolympics.com/ic/ecafc.htm East and Central African Championships results on GBR Athletics website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928050900/http://www.gbrolympics.com/ic/ecafc.htm |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref>
*Gold medallist in shot put of the 1980 Liberty Bell Classic (19.69 m), ([[1980 Olympic boycott|Olympic Boycott Games]]) the alternative event arranged for those nations boycotting the 1980 Olympic Games <ref name="GBR Athletics website">[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/obg.htm GBR Athletics website]</ref>
*Gold medallist in shot put of the 1980 Liberty Bell Classic (19.69 m), ([[1980 Olympic boycott|Olympic Boycott Games]]) the alternative event arranged for those nations boycotting the 1980 Olympic Games <ref name="GBR Athletics website">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/obg.htm|title=Olympic Boycott Games|website=www.gbrathletics.com|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>
*Silver medallist in shot put of the [[1979 Mediterranean Games]], Split, Yugoslavia <ref name="gbrathletics.com"/>
*Silver medallist in shot put of the [[1979 Mediterranean Games]], Split, Yugoslavia <ref name="gbrathletics.com"/>


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===Discus medals===
===Discus medals===
*Silver medallist in [[Discus throw]] of the 1971 [[Mediterranean Games]],<ref>[http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Assaad_Youssef_784949044.aspx Zoom info]</ref> İzmir (Turkey)<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm GBR Athletics website]</ref>
*Silver medallist in [[Discus throw]] of the 1971 [[Mediterranean Games]],<ref name="gbrathletics.com" /> İzmir (Turkey)<ref name="gbrathletics.com"/>
*Silver medallist in Discus throw of the [[All Africa Games]], [[Nigeria]], 1973 .<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afg.htm GBR Athletics website]</ref>
*Silver medallist in Discus throw of the [[All Africa Games]], [[Nigeria]], 1973 .<ref name="All-Africa Games"/>


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==Olympic Games==
==Olympic Games==
Despite multiple attempts, Nagui Asaad never competed in any of the Summer Olympic Games <ref>[http://the-mermaid-tavern.blogspot.com/2008/05/incredible-rotten-luck-of-youssef-nagui.html The mermaid tavern]</ref>
Despite multiple attempts, Nagui Asaad never competed in any of the Summer Olympic Games <ref>[http://the-mermaid-tavern.blogspot.com/2008/05/incredible-rotten-luck-of-youssef-nagui.html The mermaid tavern]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


* [[1968 Summer Olympics]], Nagui Asaad missed qualifying for the Egyptian Olympic team - by two centimeters.
* [[1968 Summer Olympics]], Nagui Asaad missed qualifying for the Egyptian Olympic team - by two centimeters.
*[[1972 Summer Olympics]], he went with the Egyptian team to [[Munich]], but was withdrawn by his government after the [[Munich massacre]] when members of the [[Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Israeli Olympic team]] were taken [[hostage]] and eventually murdered by the Islamic terrorist group [[Black September (group)|Black September]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AK6QA_WotRYC&pg=PT144&dq=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&hl=en&ei=ZlIgTIT5K4T7lwfo3IWKAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22munich%20massacre%22%20terrorists&f=false |title=Terrorism & It's Effects - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=36PiolMMZrUC&pg=PA10&dq=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&hl=en&ei=uVIgTNfOOsL6lwf264mOAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22munich%20massacre%22%20terrorists&f=false |title=Terrorism - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date=2001-09-11 |accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VJJG14mHbGAC&pg=PA34&dq=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&hl=en&ei=uVIgTNfOOsL6lwf264mOAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22munich%20massacre%22%20terrorists&f=false |title=The new dimension of international ... - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date=2001-09-11 |accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOfkAoDb_2IC&pg=PA248&dq=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&hl=en&ei=uVIgTNfOOsL6lwf264mOAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22munich%20massacre%22%20terrorists&f=false |title=Encyclopedia of terrorism - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AWzieu562dQC&pg=PA107&dq=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&hl=en&ei=uVIgTNfOOsL6lwf264mOAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22munich%20massacre%22%20terrorists&f=false |title=The terrorist trap: America's ... - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.com |date=1976-07-18 |accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref>
*[[1972 Summer Olympics]], he went with the Egyptian team to [[Munich]], but was withdrawn by his government after the [[Munich massacre]] when members of the [[Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Israeli Olympic team]] were taken [[hostage]] and eventually murdered by the Islamic terrorist group [[Black September (group)|Black September]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AK6QA_WotRYC&q=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&pg=PT144 |title=Terrorism & {{sic|I|t's|nolink=y}} Effects - Google Books |date= 7 August 2007|isbn=9788189940935 |access-date=2010-06-22|last1=Sanchez |first1=Juan }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=36PiolMMZrUC&q=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&pg=PA10 |title=Terrorism - Google Books |date=2001-09-11 |isbn=9781562546663 |access-date=2010-06-22|last1=Weil |first1=Ann }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VJJG14mHbGAC&q=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&pg=PA34 |title=The new dimension of international ... - Google Books |date=2001-09-11 |isbn=9783728129499 |access-date=2010-06-22|last1=Aubrey |first1=Stefan M. }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kushner |first1=Harvey W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOfkAoDb_2IC&q=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&pg=PA248 |title=Encyclopedia of terrorism - Google Books |year=2003 |isbn=9780761924081 |author-link=Harvey Kushner |access-date=2010-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AWzieu562dQC&q=%22munich+massacre%22+terrorists&pg=PA107 |title=The terrorist trap: America's ... - Google Books |date=1976-07-18 |isbn=0253214777 |access-date=2010-06-22|last1=Simon |first1=Jeffrey David }}</ref>
*[[1976 Summer Olympics]], after arrival to Montréal, Egypt withdrew from the Games as part of the [[Anti-Apartheid Movement|anti-apartheid]] boycott. This was due to that in [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] a large number of African countries threatened the IOC with a boycott to force them to ban South Africa and Rhodesia, because of their [[racial segregation|segregationist]] regimes. New Zealand was also one of the African boycott targets, due to the "[[All Blacks]]" (national rugby team) having toured [[apartheid]]-ruled South Africa. The IOC conceded in the first two cases, but refused to ban New Zealand on the grounds that rugby was not an Olympic sport.<ref name="CBC boycott">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/history/story/2008/05/09/f-olympics-history-1976.html |title=African nations boycott costly Montreal Games |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |date=2008-07-30|accessdate=2009-02-06}}</ref> Fulfilling their threat, twenty African countries were joined by Guyana and Iraq in a Tanzania-led withdrawal from the Montreal Games, after a few of their athletes had already competed.<ref name="CBC boycott"/><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1976/ore109/ore109h.pdf |title=Africa and the XXIst Olympiad |journal=Olympic Review |issue=109–110 |pages=584–585 |date=November–December 1976 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |format=PDF |accessdate=February 6, 2009}}</ref> Athletes from [[Cameroon]], Egypt, [[Morocco]], and [[Tunisia]] competed on July 18–20 before these nations withdrew from the Games.
*[[1976 Summer Olympics]], after arrival to Montréal, Egypt withdrew from the Games as part of the [[Anti-Apartheid Movement|anti-apartheid]] boycott. This was due to that in [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] a large number of African countries threatened the IOC with a boycott to force them to ban South Africa and Rhodesia, because of their [[racial segregation|segregationist]] regimes. New Zealand was also one of the African boycott targets, due to the "[[All Blacks]]" (national rugby team) having toured [[apartheid]]-ruled South Africa. The IOC conceded in the first two cases, but refused to ban New Zealand on the grounds that rugby was not an Olympic sport.<ref name="CBC boycott">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/history/story/2008/05/09/f-olympics-history-1976.html |title=African nations boycott costly Montreal Games |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |date=2008-07-30|access-date=2009-02-06}}</ref> Fulfilling their threat, twenty African countries were joined by Guyana and Iraq in a Tanzania-led withdrawal from the Montreal Games, after a few of their athletes had already competed.<ref name="CBC boycott"/><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1976/ore109/ore109h.pdf |title=Africa and the XXIst Olympiad |journal=Olympic Review |issue=109–110 |pages=584–585 |date=November–December 1976 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=February 6, 2009}}</ref> Athletes from [[Cameroon]], Egypt, [[Morocco]], and [[Tunisia]] competed on July 18–20 before these nations withdrew from the Games.
*[[1980 Summer Olympics]], Egypt Boycotted the Moscow Games and he went to become the Gold medallist in shot put of the 1980 Liberty Bell Classic, ([[1980 Olympic boycott|Olympic Boycott Games]]) the alternative event arranged for those nations boycotting the 1980 Olympic Games.<ref name="GBR Athletics website"/>
*[[1980 Summer Olympics]], Egypt Boycotted the Moscow Games and he went to become the Gold medallist in shot put of the 1980 Liberty Bell Classic, ([[1980 Olympic boycott|Olympic Boycott Games]]) the alternative event arranged for those nations boycotting the 1980 Olympic Games.<ref name="GBR Athletics website"/>


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*[[All Africa Games]]
*[[All Africa Games]]
*[[List of champions of Africa of athletics]]
*[[List of champions of Africa of athletics]]

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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm/ African Championships in Athletics results on '''gbrathletics''' website ]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070219174127/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm African Championships in Athletics results on '''gbrathletics''' website ]
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm/ Mediterranean Games Athletic results '''gbrathletics''' website ]
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm/ Mediterranean Games Athletic results '''gbrathletics''' website ]
* [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afg.htm/ All Africa Games Athletics results '''gbrathletics''' website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205091207/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afg.htm All Africa Games Athletics results '''gbrathletics''' website]
*[http://www.gbrolympics.com/ic/ecafc.htm'''gbrathletics''' website East and Central African Championships results]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928050900/http://www.gbrolympics.com/ic/ecafc.htm '''gbrathletics''' website East and Central African Championships results]
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/egy.htm GBR Athletics Egyptian athletics championships winners since 1981]
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/egy.htm GBR Athletics Egyptian athletics championships winners since 1981]
*[http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197207/the.arabs.in.izmir.htm Article on Arabs in 1971 Mediterranean Games Izmir ]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100103134728/http://saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/197207/the.arabs.in.izmir.htm Article on Arabs in 1971 Mediterranean Games Izmir ]
*[http://www.helwan.edu.eg/ena/faculties/sportm/index.htm Helwan University Faculty of Physical Education webpage]
*[http://www.helwan.edu.eg/ena/faculties/sportm/index.htm Helwan University Faculty of Physical Education webpage]


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Nagui Asaad
Personal information
Born12 September 1945[1]
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Egypt
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1973 Lagos Shot Put
Gold medal – first place 1978 Algiers Shot Put
Silver medal – second place 1973 Lagos Discus
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1971 Izmir Shot Put
Silver medal – second place 1971 Izmir Discus
Silver medal – second place 1979 Split Shot Put

Nagui Asaad Youssef (a.k.a. Nagy Assaad Youssef) ناجى أسعد, (born 12 September 1945[2]), is a retired Egyptian athlete (track and field) who represented Egypt in international athletics events in the 1970s and early 1980s in shot put and discus throw.

Biography[edit]

Nagui Asaad was born on 12 September 1945 to a Coptic family in the north of Egypt.[3] He moved to Cairo where he graduated from the Faculty of Sport (Physical) Education for Boys at Helwan University. He later worked as a member of teaching staff in the same faculty after graduation. He obtained PhD in Physical Education, and currently works as a professor[4] in the same faculty.

Nagui Asaad played in the Basketball team of Al Ahly Sporting club between 1966 and 1969 [5] then he joined the Athletic team at the same club and became the Egyptian champion in Shot Put.

Along with his colleagues Hisham Greiss, Hassan Ahmed Hamad and Mohamed Naguib Hamed formed one of the strongest Egyptian teams in throw events, a lot of Egyptian sport experts consider them to be the strongest team Egypt ever had.

Following his retirement from competitive events he Worked for many years in Bahrain as a coach for the national Athletic team and returned to Egypt in the 1990s to work in the same field with the Egyptian national team [6] as the squad's technical manager.[7]

In 1999 as he was setting up a throwing school in Egypt, he recruited Discus thrower Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly and hammer thrower Mohsen El Anany[8] who joined the Egyptian squad after that and won championships in their fields under his supervision. Achievements of the Egyptian team under nagui Asaad's management were described as unprecedented in the history of Egypt's Athletics Federation since its 1910 founding.[6]

Achievements[edit]

Nagui Asaad remains the only Egyptian athlete (track and field) to win Gold medals in three major championships, namely; All Africa Games,[9] Mediterranean Games[10] and African Championships in Athletics.[11] He has won a total of three medals at the Mediterranean Games one gold and two silver.[10] He was the first Egyptian to exceed 20 metres in shot put throws.[12]

Nagui Asaad and Abdel Herin (1955 Mediterranean Games Marathon) remain to date the only two Egyptian Track and field athletes to have won a Gold medal each in the Mediterranean Games.

Internationally he ranks as number 130 of the world's 150 all-time best throws shot put[13] by 20.71 Metre.

Championships record throws[edit]

Nagui Asaad held the championship record of the African Championships since 1982 African Championships in Athletics, with a throw of 20.44 metres.[11] until 2004 African Championships in Athletics when Janus Robberts achieved 21.02.

His record shot put throw in All Africa games of 19.48 stood since 1973 All-Africa Games[14] as the championship record for twenty six years until Burger Lambrechts broke it at the 1999 All-Africa Games.

Between 1971 and 1979 Nagui Asaad held the championship record of the Mediterranean Games in Shot Put with a throw of 20.19 Meters, this record was broken by Vladimir Milić from Yugoslavia in 1979.

Shot Put Medals[edit]

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1971 Mediterranean Games İzmir, Turkey 1st Shot Put
1973 All-Africa Games Lagos, Nigeria 1st Shot Put
1978 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 1st Shot Put
1979 African Championship Dakar, Senegal 1st Shot Put
Mediterranean Games Split, Yugoslavia 2nd Shot Put
1980 Olympic Boycott Games Philadelphia, United States 1st Shot Put
1982 African Championship Cairo, Egypt 1st Shot Put

Discus medals[edit]

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1971 Mediterranean Games İzmir, Turkey 2nd Discus
1973 All-Africa Games Lagos, Nigeria 2nd Discus

Olympic Games[edit]

Despite multiple attempts, Nagui Asaad never competed in any of the Summer Olympic Games [17]

  • 1968 Summer Olympics, Nagui Asaad missed qualifying for the Egyptian Olympic team - by two centimeters.
  • 1972 Summer Olympics, he went with the Egyptian team to Munich, but was withdrawn by his government after the Munich massacre when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by the Islamic terrorist group Black September.[18][19][20][21][22]
  • 1976 Summer Olympics, after arrival to Montréal, Egypt withdrew from the Games as part of the anti-apartheid boycott. This was due to that in 1972 and 1976 a large number of African countries threatened the IOC with a boycott to force them to ban South Africa and Rhodesia, because of their segregationist regimes. New Zealand was also one of the African boycott targets, due to the "All Blacks" (national rugby team) having toured apartheid-ruled South Africa. The IOC conceded in the first two cases, but refused to ban New Zealand on the grounds that rugby was not an Olympic sport.[23] Fulfilling their threat, twenty African countries were joined by Guyana and Iraq in a Tanzania-led withdrawal from the Montreal Games, after a few of their athletes had already competed.[23][24] Athletes from Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia competed on July 18–20 before these nations withdrew from the Games.
  • 1980 Summer Olympics, Egypt Boycotted the Moscow Games and he went to become the Gold medallist in shot put of the 1980 Liberty Bell Classic, (Olympic Boycott Games) the alternative event arranged for those nations boycotting the 1980 Olympic Games.[16]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lista Anno". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  2. ^ "Lista Anno". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  3. ^ Watani: ناجى أسعد ..عملاق العاب القوى
  4. ^ Faculty of Physical Education website in Arabic[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Alaraby article". Archived from the original on 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  6. ^ a b Al-Ahram Weekly article Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Al-Ahram Weekly article". Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
  8. ^ "IAAF: News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  9. ^ Said, Dr.Tarek. "Egyptian Sports Online - Athletics in All Africa Games". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Mediterranean Games". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  11. ^ a b c "African Championships". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  12. ^ "الآن فقط.. مصر فيها ألعاب قوي". مصرس. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  13. ^ 150 best Shot Put Archived 2005-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ a b c "All-Africa Games". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  15. ^ East and Central African Championships results on GBR Athletics website Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ a b "Olympic Boycott Games". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  17. ^ The mermaid tavern[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ Sanchez, Juan (7 August 2007). Terrorism & It's [sic] Effects - Google Books. ISBN 9788189940935. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  19. ^ Weil, Ann (2001-09-11). Terrorism - Google Books. ISBN 9781562546663. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  20. ^ Aubrey, Stefan M. (2001-09-11). The new dimension of international ... - Google Books. ISBN 9783728129499. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  21. ^ Kushner, Harvey W. (2003). Encyclopedia of terrorism - Google Books. ISBN 9780761924081. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  22. ^ Simon, Jeffrey David (1976-07-18). The terrorist trap: America's ... - Google Books. ISBN 0253214777. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  23. ^ a b "African nations boycott costly Montreal Games". CBC Sports. 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  24. ^ "Africa and the XXIst Olympiad" (PDF). Olympic Review (109–110). International Olympic Committee: 584–585. November–December 1976. Retrieved February 6, 2009.

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