Shaza Yehia Nazih Abdelrahman El-Sayed ( ar, شذى يحيي نزيه عبد الرحمن السيد; born 23 December 1992 in
Cairo
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,
Egypt
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) is an Egyptian
synchronised swimmer who competed in the
2008 Summer Olympics and
2012 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
Shaza El-Sayed was born in Cairo, Egypt on 23 December 1992. As of 2013, she is and weighs .
Synchronised swimming
El-Sayed made her Olympic debut at the
2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing. In the Technical Team event, she came 8th with 39.750 points, and in the Free Team event she came 8th with 40.083 points.
In 2009, El-Sayed and
Dalia El-Gebaly competed at the
2009 FINA Synchro World Trophy in the Thematic Duet event. The routine placed 10th out of a field of ten duets, with a score of 85.000.
In 2011, she competed at the
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synch ...
, in the Team event. In the Technical Team event, she came 17th with a score of 77.000, and in Free Team came 15th with a score of 78.200.
In 2012, El-Sayed and Dalia El-Gebaly were selected to represent Egypt in Duet and Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In the Technical Duet event, El-Sayed came 24th with a score of 75.700, and in the Free Duet event came 24th with a score of 76.400. Their combined score of 152.100 did not advance the pair to the final. She also competed in the Team event, along with Reem Abdalazem, Nour El-Afandi,
Dalia El-Gebaly, Samar Hassounah, Youmna Khallaf, Mai Mohamed, Mariam Omar (synchronized swimmer), Mariam Omar and Aya Darwish. The Egyptian team finished 7th in the technical team event with a score of 77.600, and 7th in the free team event with a score of 78.360, which was the country's best ever result.
In 2013, she competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, 2013 FINA World Championships in synchronised swimming. In the Technical Team event, she came 14th with a score of 77.000, and in the Free Team event, she came 14th with a score of 76.460. In the same year, she also competed in the FINA Synchro World Trophy in the Free Team, along with Leila Abdelfattah, Nour Elayoubi, Samia Hagras, Aya Ibrahim, Dara Mahmoud, Salma Negmeldin, Mariam Rizk, Jomana El-Maghrabi and Nehal El-Sayed, scoring 87.333 points. She also competed in the Synchro Highlight Routine, earning 85.500 points.
External links
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Shaza Yehia (Egypt)BCN 2013.com
References
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1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cairo
Egyptian synchronized swimmers
Olympic synchronized swimmers for Egypt
Synchronized swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Synchronized swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
21st-century Egyptian women
21st-century Egyptian people