Noha Safwat Hafez Abd Rabo ( ar, نهى صفوت حافظ عبد ربه; born January 2, 1987) is an Egyptian

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practitioner. Abd Rabo qualified for the women's heavyweight class (+67 kg) at the

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, after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in

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. She lost the preliminary round of sixteen match to Norway's

Nina Solheim Nina Solheim (born 4 August 1979) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. She won a silver medal in the women's heavyweight (+67 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, beaten by Mexican María del Rosario Espinoza in ...

, with a score of 3–9. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Abd Rabo took advantage of the repechage round by defeating Malaysia's

Che Chew Chan Che Chew Chan (born 1 October 1982 in Pontian, Johor) is a Malaysian taekwondo practitioner. She is a three-time defending champion for the middleweight category and won a total of four gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games, a silver medalis ...

. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Great Britain's

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, with a score of 1–5.

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NBC Olympics Profile
Egyptian female taekwondo practitioners 1987 births Living people Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Egypt Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Egypt-taekwondo-bio-stub