Menna Shaaban Okila (born 25 May 2000) is an Egyptian

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ka. She won the silver medal in the women's +68kg event at the

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held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.

Career

Okila won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana. She represented Egypt at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's kumite +68kg event. In October 2021, Okila won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. In December 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 African Karate Championships held in Cairo, Egypt. She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event. Okila competed in the women's +68kg event at the

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held in Oran, Algeria. She lost her first match against eventual silver medalist Milena Jovanović of Montenegro and she was then eliminated in the

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by María Torres of Spain. Okila competed in the women's kumite +68kg event at the

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held in Birmingham, United States. She lost each of her matches in the elimination round and she did not advance to the semi-finals. In 2023, Okila won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68kg event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary. She defeated Chehinez Jemi of Tunisia in her bronze medal match. In 2024, Okila won the gold medal in her event at the

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held in Accra, Ghana.

Achievements

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Okila, Menna Shaaban Living people 2000 births Place of birth missing (living people) Egyptian female karateka African Games medalists in karate African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games silver medalists for Egypt Competitors at the 2019 African Games Competitors at the 2023 African Games Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Egypt Competitors at the 2022 World Games 21st-century Egyptian sportswomen 21st-century Egyptian sportspeople