Jana Abdelsalam ( ar, جانا عبد السلام, born 3 January 2006) is an Egyptian
artistic gymnast
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...
. She was a member of the team who won gold at the
2022 African Championships.
Personal life
Abdelsalam was born in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
in 2006.
Gymnastics career
2019
Abdelsalam competed at the 2019 Junior Mediterranean Championships where she placed seventh in the all-around and helped Egypt finish fourth as a team. She won silver on the uneven bars behind
Kaylia Nemour
Kaylia Nemour ( ar, كيليا نمور; born 30 December 2006) is a French Algerian artistic gymnast. She currently represents Algeria internationally. She is the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Olympic champion on the Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer ...
.
2022
Abdelsalam competed at the
2022 Mediterranean Games
The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...
. She helped Egypt place sixth as a team. She next competed at the
African Championships An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
;Athletics
*African Championships in Ath ...
where she helped Egypt place first as a team and qualify to the upcoming
World Championships. Individually she placed third in the all-around behind
Caitlin Rooskrantz
Caitlin Aileen Rooskrantz (born 5 November 2001) is a South African artistic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. She won the uneven bars competitions at the 2018 African Artistic Gymnastics Championships, the 2019 FIG Artistic Gymna ...
of South Africa and teammate
Jana Aboelhasan. At the World Championships Abdelsalam helped Egypt finish twenty-second during qualifications, which was their best team finish at a World Championships.
2023
Abdelsalam competed at the
African Championships An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
;Athletics
*African Championships in Ath ...
where she helped Egypt take the silver medal behind South Africa. Individually she placed third in the all-around which earned her an individual berth to the
2023 World Championships. At the World Championships Abdelsalam finished 112th during qualifications.
Competitive history
References
External links
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2006 births
Living people
Egyptian female artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts players from Cairo
Gymnasts at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
21st-century Egyptian sportswomen
21st-century Egyptian people