Ahmad Harajly
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20 January 1994
| Born | Ahmad Kamal Harajly 20 January 1994 Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ahmad Kamal Harajly (born 20 January 1994) is an American rugby union center, fullback and Lebanon rugby league international. Harajly played for the U.S. national rugby sevens team Wellington, New Zealand tour as an Olympic Games recruitment standout in January 2015. Soon after the Wellington, New Zealand HSBC tour Harajly was then sent to Las Vegas, Nevada where he captained the USA Falcons.[2] He was also a part of the United States national team select tour to Uruguay in 2016. He has played for Ohio Aviators in the US PRO Rugby competition. Ahmad joined the Major League Rugby on a short-term contract playing with New England Free Jacks having started at the outside center position in the Cara Cup against Connacht Rugby, Ulster Rugby, Munster Rugby and Leinster Rugby. Harajly has most recently re-signed with New England Free Jacks for the 2020 season.[3][4][5]
Harajly began playing rugby in high school in suburban Detroit for the Dearborn Silverbacks, and then played club rugby with the Division I Detroit Tradesmen.[6]
Harajly was born in Dearborn, Michigan to parents Hanadi and Kamal Harajly. He grew up on the East end of the city, with his 3 siblings. He attended Maples, Stout, and Dearborn High School all a part of the Dearborn Public Schools district. Harajly was raised in an American football dominated community, playing Street football (American) through his years along with organized athletics such as basketball, soccer, and baseball at his local school sports teams. With his sporting background, Harajly's transition to Rugby union quickly excelled him to national recognition, capturing the attention of national selectors at the age of 20. After which he was selected to represent USA Rugby at the Wellington, New Zealand tour of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.[6]
Physical
As of 2016, Harajly could dead-lift 220 kg, squat 190 kg for 3 reps, bench-press 145 kg for 3 reps and do pull-ups with a 40 kg weight between his legs. Having a body-fat percentage of 7.5%