[2] At the 2004 Summer Olympics, competing in the heavyweight division, she did not finish the competition, being unable to register a lift in the clean and jerk.
[1] [3] However, four years later in 2016 samples taken at London 2012 from the Armenian bronze medalist Hripsime Khurshudyan were tested positive for prohibited substances.
In the snatch, Ramadan heaved 115 kg to clinch her third gold medal but this time failed to break the world record.
Her elder sister Nagham made headlines of her own on the international scene, albeit her feats were nothing comparable to that of Nahla's.
A student at the Cleopatra Experimental School in Alexandria, Ramadan was first spotted by the Bulgarian Yurden Ivanov, the former world and Olympic champion who was selected as head coach of all Egyptian national teams.