Eslam Ahmed Taha

Eslam Ahmed Taha
nation	Egypt
birthday	23rd July 1994 (age 26)
Career
discipline	Hammer throw
Best performance	72.41 m (April 15, 2016 in Cairo )
status	active
Medal table
African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 African Championships 3 × 0 × 0 ×
African Championships gold Durban 2016 68.92 m Junior African Championships gold Gaborone 2011 68.03 m gold Réduit 2013 74.49 m
last change: March 29, 2020

Eslam Ahmed Taha (born July 23, 1994 ) is a former Egyptian hammer thrower .

Athletic career

Eslam Ahmed Taha gained his first international experience at the 2010 Arab Junior Championships in Cairo , where he won the silver medal with a 6 kg hammer with a width of 65.30 m. He then took part in the first ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore , where he finished sixth in the A final with 63.75 m. The following year he won the Junior African Championships in Gaborone with a throw of 68.03 m and was then fourth at the World Youth Championships near Lille with 72.35 m. In 2012 he was eliminated from the qualification at the Junior World Championships in Barcelona with 68.80 m and successfully defended his title at the Junior African Championships in Réduit with 74.49 m. In 2016 he won the bronze medal at the U23 Mediterranean Championships in Tunis with 70.33 m and then won the African Championships in Durban with a width of 68.92 m. In 2017 he competed in his last competition so far in Cairo.

In 2016 Taha became Egyptian hammer throw champion.

Web links

• Eslam Ahmed Taha in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wesley Botton: Aprot takes African 10,000m title ( English ) IAAF. June 25, 2016. Accessed March 29, 2020.