Quick Glance: Meet the Man Who Made Egypt a Force in World Table Tennis - Omar Assar
- The 32-year-old's passion for the sport has led to historic performances at the Olympics and World Championships.
- Desouk, the table tennis city of Egypt, has been Omar's home since childhood, despite the country's obsession with football.
- Omar tells The Hindu in a candid chat, 'It was a lovely atmosphere around us.'
- With consistent performances on the WTT circuit and quarterfinal appearances in the Olympics and World Championships, Omar is undeniably at the peak of his powers.
Another amazing win under his belt and another amazing celebration of brotherhood from Omar Assar here at #ITTFWorlds2023 🤩
Who else joins him in the #Durban2023 ... Show more YouTube.com/WTTGlobal bit.ly/Durban23Tix #TableTennis #PingPong
THE PRIDE OF AFRICA MARCHES ON 🔝 Omar Assar progresses to the Quarter Finals after seeing off Tomislav Pucar in straight games 🔥
Catch all the #Durban2023 ... Show more http://youtube.com/WTTGlobal http://worldtabletennis.com/livevideo bit.ly/Durban23Tix #tabletennis #pingpong #ITTFWorlds2023
Cheers of respect from the local crowd as Omar Assar bows out of #ITTFWorlds2023 after his loss to Fan Zhendong 🙇♂️
Omar Assar is out here reppin' his fellow African athletes at #ITTFWorlds2023 , & rightfully so 🔥
#Durban2023 is back LIVE in 30 minutes 👉 youtube.com/WTTGlobal or ... Show more
An incredible back-and-forth battle between Omar Assar and Hugo Calderano at #WTTChampions ended in the Brazilian's favour 🇧🇷🎉
Recap on #WTTMacao Day 1 👉 ... Show more bit.ly/WTTMacaoResults
What a comeback for Lee Sang Su to take a spot in the #WTTXinxiang Round of 16 after being down 0-2 against Omar Assar 👏
The #WTTChampions action rages on - watch ... Show more YouTube.com/WTTGlobal worldtabletennis.com/livevideo
Omar Assar and Adam Hmam register first round wins in Doha to advance into the next round where they face 🇸🇬 CHUA Josh Shao Han and Brian AFANADOR 🇵🇷 ... Show more #tabletennis #wttdoha #wttfeederdoha
Not one to easily give up Quadri Aruna was reunited with the African Championships title for a second time following an epic 4-3 victory over arch-rival ... Show more
Egypt's Omar Assar was halted in the quarter finals of the WTT Feeder Düsseldorf III by Panagiotis GIONIS.
The Greek proved too strong ... Show more #WTT #wttfeeders #wttdusseldorf
UPDATE: There has been some notable changes on the Egypt's team to the #ITTFWorlds2022 as absentees Omar Assar and Ahmed Saleh have been replaced by Magdy Shady ... Show more
"He was like a Chinese Wall" - Timo Boll
described Omar Assar عمر عصر after Germany played against Egypt at the 2018 World Team Table tennis Championships in Hamstad ... Show more World Table Tennis #tabletennis #AfricanTabletennis #Egypt #ITTFWorlds23
Quadri Aruna has won the Africa Championship title in the most spectacular fashion by completing a comeback from 0-2 down to 4-3 over arch-rival Omar Assar ... Show more #ITTFAChamps22
That was an impressive run by Bouloussa Mehdi at his first Africa championship.
The Algerian fell 4-0 to Omar Assar in the second semi final in the ... Show more #ITTFAChamps22
We had a chat with the top seed and defending champion Omar Assar عمر عصر before he opens his account in the men's singles against Edvane Neto of Angola later ... Show more #ITTFAChamps22
WATCH LIVE: men's singles semi final
Omar Assar vs Bouloussa Mehdi
https://web.facebook.com/101265411414020/videos/1084904288811224
Omar Assar had a 100 percent success rate at the 2021 Africa Championship in Cameroun, winning 3 🥇 medals.
Do you see Omar repeating same success ... Show more #ITTFAChamps22 #omarassar