Omar Assar
Omar Assar | |
Nation: | Egypt |
Date of birth: | July 22, 1991 |
Place of birth: | Kafr el-Sheikh |
Playing hand: | right |
How to play: | Shakehand |
Current world rankings : | 17th |
Best world ranking : | 16 (Jan. 2018) |
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Omar Assar (born July 22, 1991 in Kafr el-Sheikh ) is an Egyptian table tennis player . He took part in the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016 .
Career
In May 2005 Assar was included in the world rankings for the first time . In the adult sector he has appeared since 2007 when he took part in his first world championship, in which he has competed for his home country every year since then; A total of thirteen times so far (as of 2019). In 2010 he won silver in singles and gold in doubles and with the team at the African Championships , and he also achieved his first Pro Tour victory when he won gold in doubles in Morocco. At the 2011 African Games he won gold in singles and with the team, silver in doubles and bronze in mixed. He also qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games and won silver in singles and doubles as well as gold in mixed and team at the African Championships in the same year - in the absence of main competitor Nigeria.
He made it into the top 100 in the world in June 2013 after making it into the last 32 at the World Cup . This also made him the best-placed African player for the first time. In the same month he won gold in singles at the Mediterranean Games . In 2014 he joined the French club Roanne LNTT , achieved third place in his first participation in the African Cup and won the first gold medal in individual at a World Tour tournament at the Nigeria Open. In the world rankings, he was overtaken by Quadri Aruna in November 2014 , since then the position as the best African player has changed several times between the two players. In 2015 he won - in addition to six medals in doubles, mixed and team competitions - in singles, the African Games, the African Championship and the Africa Cup. So he qualified for the first time for the World Cup in the same year, where he survived the preliminary round and then was eliminated by the reigning world champion and eventual winner Ma Long . At the world championship he came again under the last 32. At club level, he moved to Istres TT . In 2016 he qualified for the Olympic Games , where he reached the second round and lost there 3: 4 to Kou Lei . At the African Cup of Nations he defended his team, singles and mixed titles with Dina Meshref . For the 2017/18 season he then moved to the German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen . In 2017, after finishing second at the African Cup, he was also the first African player to qualify for the World Cup via his world rankings , where he was eliminated again in the main round against Ma Long. In 2018, his commitment was announced by Borussia Düsseldorf . In July it was reported that he was banned from the Egyptian Federation for a year because of an incident at the Mediterranean Games. Assar announced that a final decision had not yet been made, but in the period after the Mediterranean Games he did not take part in any international tournaments, including the African Championship and the World Cup, for which he won the Africa Cup had qualified. In this context, there was also speculation about Assar's acceptance of Swedish citizenship. At the end of 2018 it was published that Omar Assar suffers from mild depression and is being treated with medication, which is why he was temporarily unable to work. From the end of October, when he played at the Belgium Open, he was again present internationally.
societies
- 2014–2015: Roanne LNTT
- 2015–2017: Istres TT
- 2017-2018: Werder Bremen
- since 2018: Borussia Düsseldorf
Others
His brother Khalid Assar plays table tennis in the first Danish league (2018).
Results from the ITTF database (excerpt)
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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EGY | African Championship | 2016 | Agadir | MAR | gold | gold | 1 | |
EGY | African Championship | 2015 | Cairo | EGY | gold | Semifinals | gold | 1 |
EGY | African Championship | 2012 | Cairo | EGY | silver | silver | gold | 1 |
EGY | African Championship | 2010 | Yaounde | CMR | silver | gold | Quarter finals | 1 |
EGY | African Cup | 2020 | Tunis | TO DO | 3rd place | |||
EGY | African Cup | 2019 | Lagos | NGR | gold | |||
EGY | African Cup | 2018 | Nairobi | KEN | gold | |||
EGY | African Cup | 2017 | Agadir | MOR | silver | |||
EGY | African Cup | 2016 | Khartoum | SOUTH | silver | |||
EGY | African Cup | 2015 | Yaounde | CMR | gold | |||
EGY | African Cup | 2014 | Lagos | NGR | 3rd place | |||
EGY | Africa Games | 2019 | Rabat | MAR | Semifinals | gold | 1 | |
EGY | Africa Games | 2015 | Brazzaville | CGO | gold | Semifinals | Semifinals | 2 |
EGY | Africa Games | 2011 | Maputo | MOZ | gold | silver | Semifinals | 1 |
EGY | Arab Championships | 2008 | Rabat | MAR | 1 | |||
EGY | Olympic games | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Last 48 | |||
EGY | Olympic games | 2012 | London | CLOSELY | Last 64 | 9 | ||
EGY | ITTF Challenge Series | 2017 | Lagos | NGR | gold | Quarter finals | ||
EGY | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Lagos | NGR | gold | Semifinals | ||
EGY | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Lagos | NGR | gold | |||
EGY | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | Cairo | EGY | Semifinals | |||
EGY | ITTF Pro Tour | 2010 | Rabat | MAR | Quarter finals | gold | ||
EGY | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | Last 128 | Last 64 | Last 64 | |
EGY | World Championship | 2018 | Halmstad | SWE | 21st | |||
EGY | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | Last 64 | Last 64 | Last 16 | |
EGY | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 27 | |||
EGY | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | Last 32 | Last 32 | Last 128 | |
EGY | World Championship | 2014 | Tokyo | JPN | 29 | |||
EGY | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | Last 32 | Last 64 | Last 64 | |
EGY | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | 30th | |||
EGY | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | Agony | Agony | Last 64 | |
EGY | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 33 | |||
EGY | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | Agony | Last 64 | Last 128 | |
EGY | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 28 | |||
EGY | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | Agony | Agony | ||
EGY | World cup | 2019 | Cheng you | CHN | 17th to 20th space | |||
EGY | World cup | 2017 | Liege | BEL | Last 16 | |||
EGY | World cup | 2015 | Halmstad | SWE | Last 16 | |||
EGY | Youth World Championship | 2009 | Cartagena de Indias | COL | Last 16 | |||
EGY | Youth World Championship | 2008 | Madrid | ESP | Last 16 | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2009 | Chungcheongnam-do | COR | Semifinals | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2009 | Cheng you | CHN | gold | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2009 | Władysławowo | POLE | silver | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2009 | Cairo | EGY | gold | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2009 | Doha | QAT | Semifinals | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2009 | Manama | BRN | gold | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Taiyuan | CHN | silver | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Tunis | TO DO | gold | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Alexandria | EGY | silver | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Doha | QAT | Semifinals | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Manama | BRN | gold | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2007 | Brazzaville | CGO | gold | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2007 | Ras-Al-Khaimah | UAE | Semifinals | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2007 | Montreal | CAN | Semifinals | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit | 2006 | Al-Ain | UAE | Semifinals | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit Finals | 2009 | Tokyo | JPN | silver | |||
EGY | World Junior Circuit Finals | 2008 | Helsingborg | SWE | silver | |||
EGY | WTC World Team Cup | 2013 | Guangzhou | CHN | 3 | |||
EGY | WTC World Team Cup | 2011 | Magdeburg | GER | 10 |
literature
- Susanne Heuing: With heart and devotion , tischtennis magazine , 2018/2, pages 9–13
Web links
- Omar Assar Article about Omar Assar on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English)
- Omar Assar results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed January 23, 2016)
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
- ↑ Assar, Omar. In: http://www.tischtennis-infos.de . Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Bremen signs Africa champion Omar Assar. ttbl.de, March 1, 2017, accessed May 15, 2017 .
- ^ First ever African, not the continental champion, Omar Assar ready for Liège. ittf.com, October 4, 2017, accessed September 8, 2018 .
- ↑ ttbl.de: Assar is moving to Düsseldorf. February 7, 2018, accessed February 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Assar contradicts reports of ban. ttbl.de, July 13, 2018, accessed September 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Omar Assar: Take the next step despite anger with the Egyptian association. mytischtennis.de, August 9, 2018, accessed on September 8, 2018 .
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2018/12 pages 20–21
- ↑ Major contenders left stunned on dramatic opening day in De Haan. ittf.com, October 25, 2018, accessed October 26, 2018 .
- ^ Ian Marshall: Consistently compared, part of life for Khalid Assar. ittf.com, September 11, 2017, accessed March 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Omar Assar results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed April 2, 2016)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Assar, Omar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kafr el-Sheikh |