Ihab Abdelrahman

Ihab El Sayed Abdelrahman
Born	(1989-05-01) May 1, 1989 Egypt
Occupation	Athlete (javelin thrower)
Known for	Egyptian national record holder in javelin throw

Ihab El Sayed Abdelrahman (born 1 May 1989) is an Egyptian athlete who competes in track and field, focusing on the javelin throw. His top performance of 89.21 m is recognized as the national record for Egypt. He divides his training sessions between Kuortane, Finland, where he is coached by Petteri Piironen, and Cairo, where he pursues his studies. In 2016, he received a doping violation which led to his exclusion from the 2016 Olympic Games.

Achievements

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2007	African Junior Championships	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	3rd	65.63 m
	Pan Arab Games	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	71.15 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	76.20 m
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	5th	74.47 m
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	12th	68.43 m
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	1st	77.33 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	78.02 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	14th (q)	67.96 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	35th (q)	71.99 m
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	5th	69.94 m
	Pan Arab Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	78.66 m
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	5th	67.82 m
	Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom	29th (q)	Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
Athletics at the 2013 Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	2nd	Athletics at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Results#Javelin throw
Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade	Kazan, Russia	12th	Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Men's javelin throw
2013 World Championships in Athletics	Moscow, Russia	7th	2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
Athletics at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	1st	Athletics at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games – Results#Javelin throw
2014	2014 African Championships in Athletics	Marrakech, Morocco	2nd	2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
2015 World Championships in Athletics	Beijing, China	2nd	2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
Athletics at the 2015 African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Men's javelin throw
2021 Arab Athletics Championships	Radès, Tunisia	bgcolor=gold	79.93 m
Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	13th (q)	Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
2022	2022 African Championships in Athletics	Port Louis, Mauritius	bgcolor=silver
Athletics at the 2022 Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	bgcolor=silver
2022 World Athletics Championships	Eugene, Oregon, United States	12th
2023	Athletics at the 2023 Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	bgcolor=gold	80.50 m
2023 World Athletics Championships	Budapest, Hungary	10th	80.64 m
2024	Athletics at the 2023 African Games	Accra, Ghana	4th	76.68 m
Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics	Paris, France	30th (q)	72.98 m

Seasonal Best Performances by Year

• 2007 – 71.15 m
• 2008 – 76.20 m
• 2009 – 78.44 m
• 2010 – 81.84 m
• 2011 – 78.83 m
• 2012 – 82.25 m
• 2013 – 83.62 m
• 2014 – 89.21 m Template:AthAbbr
• 2015 – 88.99 m