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Egypt At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Egypt competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except 1932 and 1980, joining the United States-led boycott in the latter. The Egyptian Olympic Committee sent its largest ever delegation to the Games, with a total of 120 athletes, 83 men and 37 women, competing across 22 sports. The Egyptian roster also witnessed more women participating at the Games than those who attended in London four years earlier, breaking its previous record by just a small fraction. Egypt returned home from Rio de Janeiro with three bronze medals, which matched its overall tally from the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Moreover, these Games marked the first time Egyptian women ascended the Olympic podium in the nation's 104-year history. These medals were distributed to taekwondo fighter Hedaya Malak ( women's 57 kg), as well as weightlifters Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Olympic Committee
The Egyptian Olympic Committee ( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية المصرية, abbreviated as EOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Egypt and a part of the International Olympic Committee. History The Egyptian Olympic Committee was founded during the Khedivate of Egypt on June 13, 1910 in Alexandria by Angelo Bolanaki, first Egyptian athlete who participated in international sport competitions outside country. Egypt's first ever Olympic participation came in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games with one athlete in fencing, Ahmed Hassanein. Egypt was the 14th country to join the IOC. List of presidents The following is a list of presidents of the Egyptian Olympic Committee since its creation in 1910. IOC Members Executive committee * President: Hesham Mohamed Tawfeq Hatab * Vice President: Alaa Mashref * Secretary General: Aladin Gabr * IOC Member: Mounir Sabet * Members: Mohamed Abdel Aziz Ghonim, Sharif Al Arian Member fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 Kg
The women's 57 kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 18 August, at the Carioca Arena 3. The defending champion, Jade Jones, representing Great Britain, successfully defended her title, winning her second Olympics gold. Eva Calvo from Spain finished with a silver medal, beating second-time Olympian Hedaya Malak in the semifinal and Iran's Kimia Alizadeh in the quarterfinal, both of whom went on to win a bronze in the repechage. Competition format The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The top eight athletes in each event were seeded so as not to face each other in the preliminary round. The remainder of the qualified athletes were drawn randomly on 15 August 2016. Two bronze medals were awarded at the Taekwondo competitions. A repechage was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, another single-elimination compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the 2012 Olympics. Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then- London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and 1948. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability. The mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 17 to 20 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. Around 128 taekwondo fighters competed in eight weight categories; four for men, and four for women. Qualification Taekwondo competition at these Games featured a total of 128 athletes, 64 in each gender, and 16 in each of the eight weight categories. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter up to a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender, based on the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Olympic rankings, such that an athlete per NOC must be among the top six in each weight category. If an NOC had qualified only two female and male athletes through ranking, it could not participate in the respective Continental Qualification Tournament unless it had relinquishing the places obtained through ranking. Four places had been reserved to the host nation Brazil, and another four had been invited by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 Kg
The Women's 69 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 10 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. Schedule All times are Time in Brazil Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: UTC−02:00, UTC−03:00, UTC−04:00 and UTC−05:00. Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−0 ... ( UTC-03:00) Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's 69 kg Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olymp Women's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 77 Kg
The Men's 77 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 10 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. Nijat Rahimov originally won the gold medal but was disqualified in March 2022 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a doping violation (urine substitutions in the weeks before the Games). As of March 2022, medals for this event have not been reallocated, a process that could extend to 2024. If the medal is reallocated, Lü Xiaojun stands to win his third Olympic weightlifting gold medal. Schedule All times are Time in Brazil ( UTC-03:00) Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Results 1 This medal distribution is speculative pending a possible IOC reallocation process. 2 Rahimov originally won the gold medal but was disqualified in March 2022 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 16 August at the Pavilion 2 of Riocentro. 260 athletes (156 men and 104 women) competed in 15 different events according to their respective weight categories. Bulgaria and Russia were banned from participating in the sport for systematic doping. Events 15 sets of medals were awarded in the following events: Competition schedule There were at most three sessions of competition on each day of the 2016 Olympics Weightlifting program: * Morning session: 10:00–14:00 BRT * Afternoon session: 15:30–17:30 BRT * Evening session: 19:00–21:00 BRT Qualification Similar to 2012 format, a total of 260 athletes qualified through a combination of team and individual spots. Host nation Brazil had already guaranteed three automatic places for men and two for women, while ten spots (six for men and four for women) were entitled to the athletes through the Tripartite Commission Invitation, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragab Abdelhay
Ragab Abdelhay Saad Abdelrazek Abdalla ( ar, رجب عبد الحي سعد عبد الرازق عبد الله, born 4 March 1991), known as Ragab Abdalla or Ragab Abdelhay, is an Egyptian weightlifter. He finished fifth at the 2012 Olympics (−85 kg) and fifth at the 2016 Olympics (−94 kg). He won the gold medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ... in the 94 kg event. Major competitions References External links * 1991 births Living people People from Damietta Egyptian male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Egypt African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in weightlifting Mediterranean Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Saad (weightlifter)
Ahmed Mohamed Saad ( ar, احمد محمد •سعد, born 1 November 1986 in Al-Fayuum) is an Egyptian weightlifter. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 62 kg, finishing 9th. Major results References External links * * * 1986 births Living people Egyptian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Egypt Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Faiyum African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in weightlifting Universiade medalists in weightlifting Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Egypt Mediterranean Games medalists in weightlifting Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists for Egypt Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in weightlifting Islamic Solidarity Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaimaa Khalaf
Shaimaa Haridy ( arz, شيماء هريدى, born 1 January 1991) is an Egyptian weightlifter, competing in the +75 kg category and representing Egypt at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. At the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ... she competed in the Women's +75 kg. In 2017, she won the gold medal in the women's +90kg event at the Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Major results References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khalaf, Shaimaa 1991 births Living people Egyptian female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Egypt Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enas Mostafa
Enas Mostafa (born 1 January 1989) is an Egyptian freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's freestyle 69 kg. She finished in 5th place after losing to Natalia Vorobieva of Russia in the semifinals. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... in the women's 68 kg event. References External links * 1989 births Living people Egyptian female sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Egypt Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Egyptian women 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afaf El-Hodhod
Afaf El-Hodhod ( ar, عفاف هدهد; born October 1, 1996, in Cairo) is an Egyptian sport shooter. She won a total of three medals, including two golds, in both air and sport pistol at the African Shooting Championships (2014 and 2015), and also attained a top-five finish at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. El-Hodhod made her first Olympic team for Egypt as a seventeen-year-old at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where she competed in the girls' 10 m air pistol. Coming to the final with a third seed at 380 points, El-Hodhod commanded an early lead after thirteen shots, but then spoiled her previous good results with a 7.7 that saw her fall to fifth at 137.4. When Cairo hosted the 2015 African Championships on her senior debut, El-Hodhod brok an African record of 381 out of a possible 400 approaching to the final, and then beat Tunisia's 2012 Olympian Noura Nasri Noura Nasri is a Tunisian sport shooter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
