Tag: North African Olympians

Ahmed Elgendy Wins First Silver Medal for Egypt, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 07th, 2021

Ahmed El-gendy (aka) Ahmed Elgendy. Modern Pentathlon. Athlete

Ahmed Elgendy has made Olympics history for Egypt, winning the country’s first ever medal in the men’s modern pentathlon event and the country’s first non-bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Elgendy, who is just 21-years-old, won the historic silver medal after finishing in second place with 1,477 points, just five points away from Great Britain’s Joseph Choong.

Modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport that comprises five different events: fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping and final combined ‘laser-run’ event of pistol shooting and cross country running.

source/content: egyptianstreets.com

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pix: egypttoday.com

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Mohamed El-Sayed Wins 3rd Medal For Egypt, Tokyo 2020 Olympics : August 04th, 2021

Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed (aka) Mohamed ‘Kesho’ Ibrahim Elsayed. Amateur Wrestling. Athlete.

Egyptian star Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed clinched Men’s Greco-Roman 67kg bronze medal .

The 23-year-old defeated Artem Surkov of the ROC in the bonze medal match  at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo.

Other Titles : A few:

  • Won the gold medal in Men’s Greco-Roman 67kg as well at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco
  • Two-time U23 World Champion etc.

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Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed of Egypt celebrates defeating Russian Olympic Committee s Artem Surkov during the men s 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling bronze medal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP) /english.ahram.org.eg/OlympicsNews/418390.aspx

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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.

First/s :

  • 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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