Hedaya Malak Wahba ( ar, هداية ملاك وهبة, born 21 April 1993) is an

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taekwondo practitioner. She participated in the

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in London in 2012, won a bronze medal in Rio 2016, and another bronze medal in Tokyo 2020.

Career

Malak took up taekwondo aged six, following her elder brother; she was joined by her younger brother. She ranked first in the Giza governorate championship before winning Egypt's championship at 14 years old. At the London 2012 Olympics, she competed in the Taekwondo women's 57 kg and qualified for the quarterfinals by defeating Robin Cheong of

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in the round of 16. She was defeated at the quarterfinals by

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. She qualified for the

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, ranking third in the WTF Olympic Rankings as of December 2015. Malak passed through the early rounds, defeating Doris Patiño and Mayu Hamada before losing out in the semifinals to Eva Calvo of Spain. Malak then won the bronze medal after defeating

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of Belgium in the

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. She represented Egypt at the

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in the –67 kg category. She lost in the quarter final to Lauren Williams of Great Britain. Hedaya then won the bronze medal after defeating

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followed by

Paige McPherson Paige Arielle "McFierce" McPherson (born October 1, 1990, in Abilene, Texas) is an Olympic taekwondo competitor from the United States. Biography Early life and education McPherson grew up in Sturgis, South Dakota. She and four other sibli ...

of the United States in the

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* 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Cairo Egyptian female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Egypt Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Egypt Olympic medalists in taekwondo Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Egypt Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in taekwondo African Games silver medalists for Egypt Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2015 African Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games African Taekwondo Championships medalists Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Egypt Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in taekwondo 21st-century Egyptian women {{Egypt-taekwondo-bio-stub

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