Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud gained his first international experience in 2007 at the Pan-Arab Games in Cairo , where he won the bronze medal behind his compatriot Mohsen Mohamed Anani and Ali Mohamed al-Zankawi from Kuwait with a width of 68.68 m . In 2009 he took part in the Francophonie Games in Beirut and finished fifth there with 65.95 m and in 2010 he was fourth at the African Championships in Nairobi with a throw of 68.43 m. In 2011 he took part in the Africa Games in Maputo for the first time , where he won the bronze medal with 69.70 m behind his compatriot Mostafa el-Gamel and Chris Harmse from South Africa. He then won the bronze medal at the Arab Championships in al-Ain with 67.15 m behind Kuwait al-Zinkawi and his compatriot Alaa el-Ashry , as well as at the Pan-Arab Games in Doha with 68.22 m behind al-Zinkawi and el-Gamel. In 2013 he won the silver medal behind compatriot el-Gamel at the Mediterranean Games in Mersin with 74.96 m and then took part in the World Championships in Moscow and the Islamic Solidarity Games in Palembang , but was shortly afterwards tested for prohibited doping substances and his results were canceled and Mahmoud banned until 2016.