Tag: Egypt's First Olympic Medal – Tokyo

Feryal Abdelaziz Wins 5th Medal For Egypt. First Egyptian Woman to Win Olympic Gold. Powering the Country’s First Gold Medal, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 07th, 2021

Feryal Abdelaziz. Karate. Athlete

Egyptian karateka Feryal Abdelaziz clinched the gold medal at Karate competitions in Tokyo, giving Egypt the first gold medal at Tokyo Olympic Games.  

Feryal defeated the World no.1 Irina Zaretska from Azerbaijan 2-0 in the final to clinch the gold medal.  

Feryal became the first Egyptian girl to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games and the 8th athlete in the nation’s history to achieve a gold medal.  

The Egyptian national anthem was played at the Olympic Games for the first time since Athens Olympic Games in 2004 when Karam Gaber won the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling. 

source/content: egypttoday.com

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Hedaya Malak Wins Egypt’s First Medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympics : July 2021

Hedaya Malak Wahba (aka) Hedaya Malak. Athlete. Taekwondo.

Hedaya Malak Wahba defeated the United States of America’s Paige McPherson 17-6 in the bronze-medal event of the women’s 67kg Taekwondo event, winning Egypt’s first medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Hedaya became the first Arab woman to win two consecutive Olympic medals in Taekwondo, a great achievement for the Egyptian champion

She was also winner of the bronze medal in 2016 Olympics after defeating Raheleh Asemani of Belgium in the Repechage.

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  • First woman in Egypt’s history to carry the flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
  • First Egyptian Woman to win a medal in Taekwondo at the Olympics
  • Hedaya became the first Arab woman to win two consecutive Olympic medals in Taekwondo, a great achievement.

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Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women’s 57 kg. Hedaya Malak (Egypt), bronze medal / Tasnim News Agency /pix: /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedaya_Malak /

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