Omar Assar

Omar Assar

Personal information
Full name	Omar Muhammadi Muhammad Muhammad Assar
Born	(1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 Desouk, Egypt
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
Sport	Table tennis
Playing style	shake hand grip, right handed
Current ranking	23 (15 July 2025)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing Egypt African Games Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo Singles Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo Team Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville Singles Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Team Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Mixed Doubles Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra Singles Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra Team Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo Doubles Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville Team Bronze medal – third place 2011 Maputo Mixed Doubles Bronze medal – third place 2015 Brazzaville Doubles Bronze medal – third place 2015 Brazzaville Mixed Doubles Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat Mixed Doubles African Championships Gold medal – first place 2010 Yaounde Team Gold medal – first place 2010 Yaounde Doubles Gold medal – first place 2012 Cairo Mixed Doubles Gold medal – first place 2012 Cairo Team Gold medal – first place 2015 Cairo Singles Gold medal – first place 2015 Cairo Mixed Doubles Gold medal – first place 2015 Cairo Team Gold medal – first place 2024 Addis Ababa Singles Silver medal – second place 2010 Yaounde Singles Silver medal – second place 2012 Cairo Singles Silver medal – second place 2012 Cairo Doubles Bronze medal – third place 2015 Cairo Doubles Africa Senior Cup Gold medal – first place 2015 Yaounde Singles Africa TOP 16 Cup Bronze medal – third place 2014 Lagos Singles Mediterranean Games Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Singles Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran Singles Pan Arab Games Gold medal – first place 2011 Doha Team Silver medal – second place 2011 Doha Singles

Omar Muhammadi Muhammad Muhammad Assar (born 22 July 1991) is an Egyptian table tennis player. 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.

Career

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.

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.

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. He also competed in the men's team event and the mixed doubles.

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.

External links

• Omar Assar at World Table Tennis (ITTF)
• Omar Assar at Olympedia
• Omar Assar at Olympics.com