Full name Yasser Mohammed Hefny Name Yasser Hefny | Height 1.78 m Weight 76 kg | |
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Born 8 February 1989 (age 35) ( 1989-02-08 ) Cairo, Egypt | ||
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Yasser Mohammed Hefny (born 8 February 1989) is an Egyptian modern pentathlete. Hefny has won many international competitions including the youth world championship of pentathlon in 2005 and 2007, and later the world champion of speedball in Paris.
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- Yasser Hefny Pharmacies
- Nabil Imam Islam Hamed agains Khaled Elhosseiny Yasser Hefny March 2010
- Early life
- Recent accomplishments
- References
Nabil Imam & Islam Hamed agains Khaled Elhosseiny & Yasser Hefny, March 2010
Early life
His love of sports began when he started swimming in the school of el Zohoor club, and at the age of 6 he joined the speedball school in the same club. After two years Yasser decided to go competitive and joined the boys swimming and speedball teams.
At the age of 11, Hefny have decided to find a new competition to challenge himself so he joined the modern pentathlon team in 6 October club. At the age of 12 he was chosen to join the Egyptian national team of modern pentathlon and began his international achievements by winning his first international title in the biathlon world championship in 2004 in Germany.
Recent accomplishments
Hefny won many international championships, including the world championships in 2005 and 2007 at the age of 16 and 18. He also became the 2008 world champion of speedball in Paris, France, setting a new record of 570.
In 2012, he competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.