Mohamed Afify

Afify was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=58914|title=FIG profile: Mohamed Afify|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}

Afify competed at the 2018 Junior African Championships where he helped Egypt place first as a team; individually he placed first in the all-around and on four of the six apparatuses.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/05/19/2018-african-championships-mens-results/|title=2018 African Championships Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=May 19, 2018}} He was later selected to represent Egypt at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Although he did not qualify to any individual finals, he won the bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2502914|title=Olympedia: Mohamed Afify|work=Olympedia}}

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Afify became age-eligible for senior competition in 2019. He competed at the 2019 African Games where he helped Egypt win the silver medal behind Algeria. Individually he placed fourth in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://cairogyms.com/egypt-breaks-records-and-ranks-first-in-african-games-2019/|title=Egypt Breaks Records and Ranks First in African Games 2019|date=September 3, 2019|work=Cairo Gyms}} Afify competed at his first ever World Championships in 2019. During qualifications he placed 90th in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/10/19/2019-world-championships-mens-results/|title=2019 World Championships Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=October 19, 2019}}

The majority of competitions were canceled or postponed in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Afify returned to competition at the Cairo World Cup where he was second reserve for the parallel bars final. In October he competed at the 2021 World Championships; he only competed on four events and was ranked 46th on parallel bars.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2021/10/27/2021-world-championships-mens-results/|title=2021 World Championships Men's Results|date=October 27, 2021|work=The Gymternet}}

In 2022 Afify competed at the African Championships where he became the African all-around champion. Additionally he won gold on horizontal bar and in the team final.{{cite web|url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/rooskrantz-afify-win-senior-all-around-gold-as-egypt-sweeps-team-titles-at-african-championships/|title=Rooskrantz, Afify win senior all-around gold as Egypt sweeps team titles at African Championships|date=July 12, 2022|work=International Gymnast Media}} At the 2022 World Championships Afify finished 27th in the all-around during qualifications was the third reserve for the final.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2022/11/02/who-qualified-to-the-mens-finals-at-worlds/|title=Who qualified to the men's finals at Worlds?|work=The Gymternet|date=November 2, 2022}}

Afify competed at various World Cups throughout early 2023. At the Cairo World Cup he won silver on parallel bars behind Illia Kovtun.{{cite web|url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2875439|trans-title=Mohamed Afifi, silver medalist in the Gymnastics World Cup: Proud of this achievement... Our goal is to qualify for the Paris Olympics|title=محمد عفيفي صاحب فضية كأس العالم للجمباز: فخور بهذا الإنجاز.. وهدفنا التأهل لأولمبياد باريس|lang=ar|date=April 30, 2023|work=Egypt Independent}} Afify next competed at the 2023 African Championships where he helped Egypt place first as a team; individually he won silver in the all-around behind compatriot Omar Mohamed.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/detail.php?id=17253|title=17th Senior African Championships Pretoria (RSA)|work=International Gymnastics Federation}} Afify ended the year competing at the 2023 World Championships where he finished 50th in qualifications.{{cite web|url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2023/m_23worlds_aaqual.pdf|title=52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Men's All-Around Qualification|work=USA Gymnastics|date=September 30, 2023}}

Afify competed at the World Cups in Cairo and Baku. At the African Championships he helped Egypt finish first as a team and individually he won silver in the all-around and on pommel horse and gold on the parallel bars.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2024/05/07/2024-african-championships-mens-results/|title=2024 African Championships Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=May 7, 2024}}

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Category:2001 births

Category:Living people

Category:Egyptian male artistic gymnasts

Category:Gymnasts from Alexandria

Category:Gymnasts at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Category:African Games medalists in gymnastics

Category:African Games silver medalists for Egypt

Category:Competitors at the 2019 African Games

Category:21st-century Egyptian sportsmen