Hisham Greiss

Hisham Fouad Greiss (Arabic: 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 to have won gold medals at the African athletic events. Along with his colleagues Nagui Asaad, Hassan Ahmed Hamad 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).[1][2]

Greiss did not compete in the 1976 or 1980 Summer Olympic Games due to boycotts surrounding the games.[3][4][5]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Egypt
1979 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 3rd 49.10 m
1982 African Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st 60.64 m

See also

References
  1. African Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  2. and Central African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  3. "Africa and the XXIst Olympiad" (PDF). Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee (109–110): 584–585. November–December 1976. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
  4. Smith, Terence (Jan 20, 1980). "The President Said Nyet". The New York Times.
  5. Smothers, Ronald (July 19, 1996). "OLYMPICS;Bitterness Lingering Over Carter's Boycott". The New York Times.



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