Ihab El Sayed Abdelrahman (born 1 May 1989) is an Egyptian

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athlete who competes in the

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. His personal best of 89.21 m is the Egyptian record. El Sayed splits his time between

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, where his coach Petteri Piironen is based, and

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, where he is a student. In 2016, he tested positive for a banned substance, and was banned from the 2016 Olympics. He competed at the

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Achievements

Seasonal bests by year

* 2007 – 71.15 * 2008 – 76.20 * 2009 – 78.44 * 2010 – 81.84 * 2011 – 78.83 * 2012 – 82.25 * 2013 – 83.62 * 2014 – 89.21 * 2015 – 88.99

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* * 1989 births Living people Egyptian male javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Egypt Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Egypt World Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Egypt Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Sharqia Governorate Egyptian sportspeople in doping cases Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games IAAF Continental Cup winners Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Egypt Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics African Championships in Athletics winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games {{Egypt-athletics-bio-stub