Hisham Fouad Greiss ( ar, هشام فؤاد جريس) is a retired male
track and field athlete from
Egypt who competed in the
hammer throw. He is one of only a few
Egyptian athletes
Egyptian athletes have won Track and Field medals in African, Pan Arab Games and international athletic events. Most of the gold medals in African or international event were won in the throwing events.
In the 1970s and 1980s Nagui Asaad, Hassa ...
to have won gold medals at the African athletic events. Along with his colleagues
Nagui Asaad
Nagui Asaad Youssef (a.k.a. Nagy Assaad Youssef) ناجى أسعد, (born September 12, 1945), is a retired Egyptians, Egyptian athlete (track and field) who represented Egypt in international athletics events in the 1970s and early 1980s in sh ...
,
Hassan Ahmed Hamad
Hassan Ahmed Hamad ( ar, حسن أحمد حماد) is an Egyptian athlete who was a member of the Egyptian Athletics team between 1978 and 1992.
He was a member of one of the strongest Egyptian teams in throw events with Nagui Asaad, Hisham Greis ...
and
Mohamed Naguib Hamed, Greiss formed one of the strongest Egyptian teams in throw events.
He was twice a winner at the
African Championships in Athletics (1979, 1982) and was twice gold medallist at the
East and Central African Championships in Athletics (1981, 1982).
Greiss did not compete in the
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
or
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
Summer Olympic Games due to
boycotts surrounding the games.
International competitions
See also
*
List of African Championships in Athletics champions
*
List of Egyptians
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Egyptian male hammer throwers
20th-century Egyptian people
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