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Omar Assar

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Omar Assar
Personal information
Full nameOmar Muhammadi Muhammad Muhammad Assar
Born (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 35)
Desouk, Egypt
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Playing styleshake hand grip, right handed
Highest ranking13 (6 May 2024)
Current ranking32 (9 February 2026)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Egypt
African Games
Gold medal – first place2011 MaputoSingles
Gold medal – first place2011 MaputoTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 BrazzavilleSingles
Gold medal – first place2019 RabatTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 RabatMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place2023 AccraSingles
Gold medal – first place2023 AccraTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 MaputoDoubles
Silver medal – second place2015 BrazzavilleTeam
Bronze medal – third place2011 MaputoMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place2015 BrazzavilleDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2015 BrazzavilleMixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place2019 RabatMixed Doubles
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 YaoundeTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 YaoundeDoubles
Gold medal – first place2012 CairoMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place2012 CairoTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 CairoSingles
Gold medal – first place2015 CairoMixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place2015 CairoTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 Addis AbabaSingles
Silver medal – second place2010 YaoundeSingles
Silver medal – second place2012 CairoSingles
Silver medal – second place2012 CairoDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2015 CairoDoubles
Africa Senior Cup
Gold medal – first place2015 YaoundeSingles
Africa TOP 16 Cup
Bronze medal – third place2014 LagosSingles
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 MersinSingles
Silver medal – second place2022 OranSingles
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place2011 DohaTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 DohaSingles
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2025 RiyadhSingles

Omar Muhammadi Muhammad Muhammad Assar (born 22 July 1991) is an Egyptian table tennis player.[1] He won silver in singles and gold in team play at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's singles, but was defeated in the second round on both occasions.[2][3]

Career

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2012 Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Assar competed in the men's singles, where he lost in the second round to Panagiotis Gionis, and the men's team event, where Egypt lost in the first round to Austria.[3]

2016 Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Assar competed in the men's singles only. He lost in the second round again, this time narrowly losing 3–4 to Lei Kou of Ukraine.[3]

ITTF World Championships 2017

Men's singles

Assar competed in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, seeded as number 50, facing off against Italian player Marco Rech in the first round, whom he defeated in a close match (4-3), having lost the first 3 sets. In the second round, he was defeated by Hong Kong player, and number 7 seed Wong Chun Ting (2-4).

Men's doubles

Assar teamed with fellow Egyptian player Mohamed El-Beiali for the doubles event, in which they were unseeded and faced the number 5 seed Brazilian of Hugo Calderano and Gustavo Tsuboi, losing the match (2-4).

"Mixed Doubles"

Assar teamed with fellow Egyptian player Dina Meshref for the mixed doubles event, seeded as number 12 team. They advanced to the third round of the tournament, before being eliminated by the Spanish team of Álvaro Robles and Galia Dvorak (1-4).

All-African Games

Assar won both the 2015 and 2016 All-African Games, Men's Singles. In 2017, his three-peat was interrupted by Nigerian table tennis player, Quadri Aruna, who defeated Assar in the tournament final (3-4).

2018 ITTF African-Cup

Assar defeated Tunisian table tennis player Thameur Mamia (4-1) in the quarterfinals of the event. He then defeated Saheed Idowu in the semifinal (4-0). Finally, Assar defeated long-time rival Quadri Aruna in the final of the event in order to win his third African-Cup.

2020 Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Assar finished 5th in the men's singles event after losing to China's Ma Long in the quarterfinals.[4] He also competed in the men's team event and the mixed doubles.[5]

As of August 2021, Omar is ranked 36th in the world in the ITTF world rankings. He reached his highest ranking of 16th in March 2016.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Omar Assar". London 2012 Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Omar Assar". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Omar Assar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Table Tennis - Men's Singles Medals & Rankings". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Table Tennis ASSAR Omar". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "World Ranking". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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