Adem Asil (born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 Olympic Games.[2] He is the 2022 World Champion on still rings and is the 2023 European all-around champion.
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| Alternative name(s) | Abdelrahman Elgamal Abdelrahman Elzamzamy Abdelrahman El Zamzamy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Abdel[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |  Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 February 1999 Alexandria, Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2020–present (Turkey) 2007–2017 (Egypt) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born Abdelrahman Elzamzamy, he changed his name to Abdelrahman Elgamal when he moved to Turkey and competed under that name at a 2020 European Championship. In 2021, he changed it again to Adem Asil, as a response to the condition of changing a foreign name into Turkish, to obtain naturalization.[3][4]
Personal life
editAbdelrahman Elzamzamy was born in Alexandria, Egypt on 21 February 1999 to a middle-class Egyptian family.[5][6]
Gymnastics career
editRepresenting Egypt
edit2017
editA member of the Egyptian national team, Elzamzamy took part in the Paris Challenge Cup in France and the Varna Challenge Cup in Bulgaria. He later competed at the World Championships in Montreal where he finished 37th in the all-around during qualification and did not advance to any event finals.[5]
Representing Turkey
edit2018–2020
editShortly after the 2017 World Championships, Elzamzamy's coach announced that he was moving to Turkey and invited Elzamzamy to showcase himself in front of the Turkish national coaches. They were impressed with "his work ethic, his evident strength, and his unshakable belief in himself" and invited him to train with the Turkish national team.[1] Elzamzamy moved to Turkey leaving his parents in Egypt while continuing training gymnastics in Turkey. After becoming a naturalized citizen in 2019 the International Gymnastics Federation approved his request for nationality change; however it wouldn't take effect until 2020.[7]
Elgamal competed for Turkey the first time at the 2020 Baku World Cup.[5] He later was chosen to represent Turkey at the 2020 European Championships in Mersin.[2] He helped Turkey win silver in the team event.[8] Additionally he finished fourth on rings and horizontal bar.
2021
editElgamal began competing under the name Adem Asil in 2021. At the European Championships Asil finished fifth in the all-around during qualifications and therefore earned an individual Olympic berth to compete at the postponed 2020 Olympic Games. He suffered an injury during the all-around final and did not finish. However he competed during the horizontal bar final and won the bronze medal behind David Belyavskiy and Andy Toba. Asil next competed at the Osijek Challenge Cup and the Doha World Cup, picking up three medals at the former. At the Olympic Games Asil qualified to the all-around, rings, and vault finals. He finished fifteenth in the all-around, seventh on rings, and sixth on vault. Asil finished the year competing at the World Championships where he finished eleventh in the all-around.
2022
editAsil started the year competing at the World Cups in Cottbus, Baku, and Osijek. He competed at the Mediterranean Games where he helped Turkey win gold in the team event. Individually Asil won gold in the all-around and on vault, silver on rings and horizontal bar behind İbrahim Çolak and Marios Georgiou respectively, and bronze on floor exercise.
Asil next competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games where he helped Turkey once again win gold in the team event. Individually he won gold in the all-around and on rings, silver on vault, and bronze on floor exercise. In August Asil competed at the 2022 European Championships. On the first day of competition Asil won bronze in the all-around behind Joe Fraser and compatriot Ahmet Önder. He helped Turkey win bronze in the team event and individually he won silver on rings behind Eleftherios Petrounias.[9]
In September Asil competed at the Paris World Challenge Cup. He won gold on both vault and rings.[10]
At the World Championships Asil helped Turkey finish eleventh during qualifications – their highest placement in history. Individually Asil won gold on rings, earning Turkey's second gold medal on the event after İbrahim Çolak in 2019.[11]
2023
editAsil competed at the 2023 European Championships where he helped Turkey finish second as a team. Individually he won gold in the all-around, becoming the first Turkish gymnast to achieve the feat. During apparatus finals he won gold on rings and placed fifth on vault. Asil next competed at the World University Games where he helped the Turkish team finish ninth. Individually he won bronze on rings behind Lan Xingyu and Zou Jingyuan and placed fifth on vault.[12]
Competitive history
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| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| Senior | |||||||||
| representing Egypt | |||||||||
| 2017 | Varna Challenge Cup | 7 | 5 | ||||||
| World Championships | 37 | ||||||||
| representing Turkey | |||||||||
| 2019 | Turkish Championships |  | 5 | 4 |  | 5 | |||
| 2020 | Turkish Championships |  | | | | ||||
| Baku World Cup | | 7 | |||||||
| European Championships | | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 2021 | Turkish Championships | | | 4 | | | 4 | | |
| European Championships | DNF | 6 | | ||||||
| Osijek Challenge Cup | 6 | | | | |||||
| Doha World Cup | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Olympic Games | 15 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
| Turkish Team Championships | | | |||||||
| World Championships | 11 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Cottbus World Cup | 4 | | ||||||
| Baku World Cup | 8 | 6 | |||||||
| Osijek Challenge Cup | | | | 5 | |||||
| Mediterranean Games | | | | | | | |||
| Islamic Solidarity Games | | | | | | 7 | |||
| European Championships | | | 6 | | |||||
| Paris Challenge Cup | | | |||||||
| Mersin Challenge Cup | | | 8 | | |||||
| World Championships | 11 | WD | | R1 | |||||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | 5 | ||||||||
| Swiss Cup | | ||||||||
| 2023 | Cottbus World Cup | 5 | |||||||
| Doha World Cup | 4 | | 8 | 4 | |||||
| DTB Pokal Team Challenge | | | | ||||||
| European Championships | | | | 5 | |||||
| World University Games | 9 | WD | | 5 | |||||
| World Championships | 10 | WD | |||||||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | 7 | ||||||||
| Swiss Cup | 6 | ||||||||
| 2024 | Antalya Challenge Cup | | | ||||||
| European Championships | 9 | | |||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Athlete Inspiration: From Egypt to Turkey, World champion Asil forging a path toward more golden rings". International Gymnastics Federation. 10 January 2023.
- ^ a b Pancar, Sezgin; Erkan Tiryaki (12 December 2020). "Artistik Cimnastik Milli Takımı gümüş madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (23 April 2021). "Iordache, Asil Overcome Odds to Earn Olympic Berths". The Gymternet.
Slowly but surely, Asil – who was then still competing as Abdelrahman Elzamzamy, and later as Abdelrahman Elgamal – improved under his new coaches.
- ^ "World Gymnastics Championships: World Champion Adem Asil changes country and name". News Briefs in English. 17 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "Mısır asıllı cimnastikçi Abdelrahman Elgamal, Türkiye adına yarışacak". Haberler (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "طوكيو 2020 .. تركى من أصول مصرية يتأهل لـ نهائى 3 ميداليات فى الجمباز", mobtada.com, retrieved 14 April 2023
- ^ "Official News: Summary of decisions from the Executive Committee meeting". International Gymnastics Federation. 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Ukraine win first men's European team title in Mersin". International Olympic Committee. 12 December 2020.
- ^ "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "USA dazzles in Paris with ten medals, including four gold". International Gymnastics Federation. 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Giarnni Regini-Moran and Rhys McClenaghan highlight historic first day of apparatus finals". International Olympic Committee. 5 November 2022.
- ^ "With a haul of nine golds, Chinese gymnasts dominate World University Games". International Gymnast Media. 6 August 2023.
