Egyptian women's participation in the Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympics were first held in 1896 in Athens, but women were not permitted to participate until the second edition of the Games in 1900 in Paris.
[4] This made Egypt the fourth Arab country to have female participants in the Olympics, after Algeria, Libya, and Syria.
[7] Abeer replicated this achievement at the subsequent Olympics, securing fifth place alongside Nahla Ramadan in distinct weight categories within the weightlifting competition.
[12][13] On January 12, 2017, it was announced that Abeer had also been awarded the bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics due to the disqualification of the first and third-place competitors for doping.
[23] She became the fifth Egyptian athlete to win multiple medals in the history of the Summer Olympics, joining the ranks of Farid Simaika, Ibrahim Shams, Karam Gaber, and Abeer Abdelrahman.
Sisters[25][26] Sherwet and Nevine Hafez were the first Egyptian women to compete together at the 1984 Olympics, participating in swimming events at the ages of 17 and 15,[8] respectively.
Subsequently, sisters[27][28] Shaimaa and Eman El-Gammal both participated in fencing at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, even competing together in team events in both editions.
[31] In conclusion, twin sisters Nada and Nihal Saafan participated together in the synchronized swimming team event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The inaugural Egyptian female participation in the Olympics may be considered unsuccessful, as the athletes did not advance beyond the qualifying rounds.
[39] Dahlia Mokbel[40] The second appearance of Egyptian women at the 1988 Seoul Olympics was marked by a limited participation of only one athlete, Nihal Meshref, in table tennis.
Nihal participated in five matches within her group and was unsuccessful in all of them, concluding her Olympic experience with a final ranking of 41st and last.
The third athlete was Rania Elwany, who was the youngest member of the Egyptian delegation, at the age of 14 years and 286 days.
[50] The participation of Egyptian women was notably limited, with Rania Elwany failing to advance beyond the preliminary stage in the four swimming events in which she competed.
Final Standing: 9th The number of Egyptian female athletes participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney has reached 15, representing the largest number of female athletes from Egypt at the Summer Olympics since the inception of Egyptian women's participation in the Games.
Heba Hefny concluded the heavyweight judo competition in ninth place,[65] a ranking identical to that achieved in the previous edition.
Additionally, the number of sports in which Egyptian women have participated since their inaugural appearance at the Olympics increased to 17, including gymnastics, Romanian wrestling, and badminton.
[123] On January 12, 2017, Abeer Abdel Rahman secured the bronze medal in the 69 kg weightlifting competition following the disqualification of the first and third place finishers, who were subsequently found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
[12][13] In the Romanian wrestling competition, Egypt fielded a team of 16 athletes, with Rabab Eid representing the country in the female category.
[179] Shatha Abdel Rahman and Dalia El Gebaly competed together in the doubles competition, finishing in 24th and last place, respectively.
She secured a place in the 55 kg freestyle category at the Olympics by finishing second in the African and Oceanian qualifying tournament, behind Tunisia's Marwa Amri.
Additionally, Ahmed's accomplishment makes her the first Arab woman to win an Olympic medal in the weightlifting competition.
[205] This occurred prior to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) conferring a silver medal upon Abeer Abdel Rahman for the London 2012 Games and subsequently a bronze medal for the Beijing 2008 Games, following the disqualification of several medalists for doping violations.
Fatma El Sharnouby has been selected to participate in the Olympic Games, having met the requisite criteria.
This marks the second occasion on which Hedaya has secured a bronze medal, having previously achieved this same result at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
[11] She thus becomes the fifth Egyptian athlete to win more than one medal in the history of the Summer Olympics, following in the footsteps of Farid Smika, Ibrahim Shams, Karam Gaber, and Abeer Abdel Rahman.
She secured this achievement by winning the gold medal in the +61 kg women's kumite event within the karate competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
[21][22] On August 6, 2021, Gianna Farouk's medal was awarded to the Egyptian women's team, marking the third occasion on which the nation had achieved a podium finish in the Games.
Feryal Abdelaziz finished among the top three in the 2021 World Qualifiers in Paris, France, thereby obtaining an additional seat for Egypt.
[329] One Touch Sword[330] 200m Freestyle[331] (Jumping Show) and Running 3000m[332] 3200m[333] 17 15 Women's team was granted qualification status following their triumph at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco.
Mayar Sherif, who had secured the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco, was the nation's representative in this category.
