Marwa Ahmed Hussein Arafat (born 19 June 1978) is an Egyptian

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

er. Her personal best throw is 68.48 metres, achieved in February 2005 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 ...

. This is the Egyptian record, a former African record, and ranks her as the second best African thrower after

Amy Sène Amy Sène (born 6 April 1986) is a French-born Senegalese track and field athlete who competes in the hammer throw. She is the African record holder with her personal best of 69.70 metres. Sène is a three-time winner at the African Champ ...

.Egyptian athletics records
She failed a drug test at a competition in August 2010 and was banned from the sport for two years.IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119
.

IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

(2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.

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* 1978 births Living people Egyptian female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Egypt Doping cases in athletics African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games {{Egypt-athletics-bio-stub

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