Mohamed Afify

2018

Afify competed at the 2018 Junior African Championships where he helped Egypt place first as a team; individually he placed first in the all-around and on four of the six apparatuses.^[2] He was later selected to represent Egypt at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. Although he did not qualify to any individual finals, he won the bronze medal in the mixed multi-discipline team event.^[3]

Floor exercise

Rings

Parallel bars

Horizontal bar

Afify at the 2018 Youth Olympics

2019

Afify became age-eligible for senior competition in 2019. He competed at the 2019 African Games where he helped Egypt win the silver medal behind Algeria. Individually he placed fourth in the all-around.^[4] Afify competed at his first ever World Championships in 2019. During qualifications he placed 90th in the all-around.^[5]

2020–22

The majority of competitions were canceled or postponed in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Afify returned to competition at the Cairo World Cup where he was second reserve for the parallel bars final. In October he competed at the 2021 World Championships; he only competed on four events and was ranked 46th on parallel bars.^[6]

In 2022 Afify competed at the African Championships where he became the African all-around champion. Additionally he won gold on horizontal bar and in the team final.^[7] At the 2022 World Championships Afify finished 27th in the all-around during qualifications was the third reserve for the final.^[8]

2023

Afify competed at various World Cups throughout early 2023. At the Cairo World Cup he won silver on parallel bars behind Illia Kovtun.^[9] Afify next competed at the 2023 African Championships where he helped Egypt place first as a team; individually he won silver in the all-around behind compatriot Omar Mohamed.^[10] Afify ended the year competing at the 2023 World Championships where he finished 50th in qualifications.^[11]

2024

Afify competed at the World Cups in Cairo and Baku. At the African Championships he helped Egypt finish first as a team and individually he won silver in the all-around and on pommel horse and gold on the parallel bars.^[12]