Abeer Abdelrahman Khalil Mahmoud (born 13 June 1992) is an Egyptian

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. She was born in

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, Egypt. She competed at the

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and 2012 Summer Olympics in the -69 kg and -75 kg weight categories, respectively, and finished in fifth place at both Games. In 2016, Abdelrahman retroactively became the first Egyptian woman to win an Olympic medal when the original gold, silver, and bronze medal winners were disqualified due to doping. Abdelrahman is now the silver medal winner for the 75 kg event in the 2012 Summer Olympics, coming second to Spain's Lidia Velentin. The first Egyptian woman to receive her Olympic medal on the podium was

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for her bronze medal performance in the women's 69 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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