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Azmy Mehelba

Azmy Mehelba at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1991-03-26) March 26, 1991 (age 33)
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Egypt World Championships 2022 Osijek Skeet 2014 Granada Skeet 2023 Baku Skeet World Cup Final 2023 Doha, Qatar Skeet 2014 Gabala, Azerbaijan Skeet 2019 Alain, Emirates Skeet 2016 Rome, Italy Skeet Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Skeet African Championships 2011 Rabat Skeet 2014 Cairo Skeet 2017 Cairo Skeet 2023 Cairo Skeet World Cups 2024 Cairo, Egypt Skeet 2022 Nicosia, Cyprus Skeet 2021 Lonato, Italy Skeet 2023 Rabat, Morocco Skeet 2018 Siggiewi, Malta Skeet 2016 Baku, Azerbaijan Skeet 2020 Nicosia, Cyprus Skeet 2019 Lahti, Finland Skeet

Azmy Mehelba (born 26 March 1991) is an Egyptian sport Olympic shooter, who began shooting at age 11. He was selected to join the Egyptian national men skeet shooting team at the age of 14 and participated in his first international competition at age 15.

Current World ranking number 1 and World record holder 125/125 at World championship Baku 2023, he has been keeping the top of the ranking for long period. He was also ranked World number 1 and World number 2 several times before by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). He represented his country in many international competitions and has qualified for four consecutive Olympic Games, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He was the first Arab & African athlete in all sports to qualify for Rio 2016 where he finished in 10th place (just one target from the finals) and Paris 2024 where he finished also in 10th place just one target from the final.

Due to his achievements, unequalled in the history of sports shooting in Egypt, the shooting range at the Alexandria shooting club has been named after him. His brother, Abdel-Aziz Mehelba, also competed for Egypt at the 2016 Summer Olympics. and 2021 Tokyo Olympic games, they also won together in world cup final Doha, Qatar 2023 Gold and Silver in trap and skeet respectively for the first time in history of shooting as two brothers winning together in same competition after they have done it before in world cup Lontao 2021 winning Gold and Bronze in Skeet and trap respectively.

Achievements

References

1. "Azmy Mehelba". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
2. "Azmy Mehelba Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

External links

• Azmy Mehelba at ISSF
• Azmy Mehelba at Olympics.com
• Azmy Mehelba at Olympedia
• Azmy Mehelba on Facebook

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