Hanan Ahmed Khaled ( ar, حنان احمد خالد; born 23 March 1963) is an Egyptian female former track and field athlete, who specialised in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

and discus throw events. She is the most successful female athlete in the history of Egyptian track and field, winning a total of two gold medals in

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, four gold, five silver and two bronze medals in

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in discus throw and shot put. She represented her country at the World Championships in Athletics in 1987, 1991 and 1995. At both the

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and

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she won the shot put and was runner-up in the discus. At national level, she won ten shot put titles and eleven discus throw titles, including an undefeated streak in both from 1987 to 1992. She was also her country's first ever hammer throw champion, upon the event's introduction at the national championships in 1998. She also played football (

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) and is now a football referee.Women soccer article on Hanan Khaled
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International competitions

* Bronze at the

1989 Jeux de la Francophonie The 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''Iers Jeux de la Francophonie'', (French for ''Francophone Games'') were held in Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco, from 8 to 22 July 1989. Sports Medals & Participation Total The following partic ...

in the women's discus throw * Winner of Discus throw and

Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

1991 All-Africa Games The 5th All-Africa Games were held from September 20 to October 1, 1991, in Cairo, Egypt. Forty-three countries participated in eighteen sports. For the first time the Games were held on a four-year cycle as planned. Egypt had hoped to use the G ...

* Gold medal African championship in

1988, 1989, 1990, 1996African Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-22. * Silver medal African championship in

1992, 1996 * Silver medal African championship in Discus throw 1988, 1989, 1990 * Bronze medal African championship in

1998 * Bronze medal African championship in Discus throw 1998

References

Egyptian female shot putters 1968 births Living people World Athletics Championships athletes for Egypt Egyptian women's footballers African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Women's association football players not categorized by position Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games {{Egypt-athletics-bio-stub