Nagui Asaad

Achievements of the Egyptian team under nagui Asaad's management were described as unprecedented in the history of Egypt's Athletics Federation since its 1910 founding.

Nagui Asaad remains the only Egyptian athlete (track and field) to win Gold medals in three major championships, namely; All Africa Games, Mediterranean Games and African Championships in Athletics.

He has won a total of three medals at the Mediterranean Games one gold and two silver.

He was the first Egyptian to exceed 20 metres in shot put throws.

Nagui Asaad Youssef (a.k.a. Nagy Assaad Youssef) ناجى أسعد, (born 12 September 1945 ), is a retired Egyptian athlete (track and field) who represented Egypt in international athletics events in the 1970s and early 1980s in shot put and discus throw.

Nagui Asaad was born on 12 September 1945 to a Coptic family in the north of Egypt.

He moved to Cairo where he graduated from the Faculty of Sport (Physical) Education for Boys at Helwan University.

He later worked as a member of teaching staff in the same faculty after graduation.

He obtained PhD in Physical Education, and currently works as a professor in the same faculty.

Nagui Asaad and Abdel Herin (1955 Mediterranean Games Marathon) remain to date the only two Egyptian Track and field athletes to have won a Gold medal each in the Mediterranean Games.

Internationally he ranks as number 130 of the world's 150 all-time best throws shot put by 20.71 Metre.

Nagui Asaad played in the Basketball team of Al Ahly Sporting club between 1966 and 1969 then he joined the Athletic team at the same club and became the Egyptian champion in Shot Put.

Along with his colleagues Hisham Greiss, Hassan Ahmed Hamad and Mohamed Naguib Hamed formed one of the strongest Egyptian teams in throw events, a lot of Egyptian sport experts consider them to be the strongest team Egypt ever had.

Between 1971 and 1979 Nagui Asaad held the championship record of the Mediterranean Games in Shot Put with a throw of 20.19 Meters, this record was broken by Vladimir Milić from Yugoslavia in 1979.

Despite multiple attempts, Nagui Asaad never competed in any of the Summer Olympic Games

His record shot put throw in All Africa games of 19.48 stood since 1973 All-Africa Games as the championship record for twenty six years until Burger Lambrechts broke it at the 1999 All-Africa Games.

Nagui Asaad held the championship record of the African Championships since 1982 African Championships in Athletics, with a throw of 20.44 metres.

Following his retirement from competitive events he Worked for many years in Bahrain as a coach for the national Athletic team and returned to Egypt in the 1990s to work in the same field with the Egyptian national team as the squad's technical manager.

In 1999 as he was setting up a throwing school in Egypt, he recruited Discus thrower Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly and hammer thrower Mohsen El Anany who joined the Egyptian squad after that and won championships in their fields under his supervision.

until 2004 African Championships in Athletics when Janus Robberts achieved 21.02.