Abeer Abdelrahman

Abeer Abdelrahman Khalil Mahmoud (Egyptian Arabic: عَبِير عَبْد الرَّحْمٰن خَلِيل مَحْمُود; born 13 June 1992) is an Egyptian weightlifter.

[2] In 2016, Abdelrahman retroactively became the first Egyptian woman to win an Olympic medal when the original gold, silver, and bronze medal winners from the 2012 Olympics were disqualified due to doping.

[3] Abdelrahman is now the silver medal winner for the 75 kg event in the 2012 Summer Olympics, coming second to Spain's Lidia Velentin.

[4] The first Egyptian woman to receive her Olympic medal on the podium was Sara Ahmed for her bronze medal performance in the women's 69 kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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