The first Summer Olympic Games was held in 1896 in Athens, but women competed for the first time in next games in 1900 in Paris. An Egyptian woman was scheduled to compete for the first time in the 1972 Summer Olympics, but the Munich massacre during that Games led to the departure of Egypt's delegation before the she could compete. The Egyptian woman made her first appearance in 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 88 years after the first tournament, to become the fourth Arab woman to take part in the Olympics after Algeria, Libya, and Syria. Since then, the Egyptian women have taken part in every Summer Olympic Games.
The number of female Egyptian Olympic participants varied from their first appearance in 1984 Summer Olympics which witnessed the participant of 6 women, which was the highest (6 Sportswoman) till 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (15 sportswoman)، Since then, number of participants increased on each tournament until it reached 37 women in 2016 Summer Olympics Same for sports, number of various sports that Egyptian women participated in one tournament was the maximum in first appear in 1984 Summer Olympics (4 sports) till 2000 tournament when it increased to 9, and it kept increasing till 2016 games (18 Sport).
Egypt didn't have any female Olympic medalist for 120 years. On 10 August 2016, the Egyptian weightlifter Sara Ahmed became the first Egyptian female medalist by winning the bronze medal in weightlifting 69 kg event by lifting total of 255 kg, she was also the first Arabian woman to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting.
Sportswomen Name Sport Age at first app. GamesNo. of
GamesMedals 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Ebtissam MohamedCycling19●1000 Esra'a AhmedWeightlifting17●1000 Engy MohamedWeightlifting19●1000 Eman El GammalFencing26●●2000 Eman GaberFencing19●●2000 Enas MostafaWrestling27●1000 Omnia FakhryModern Pentathlon26●1000 Aya El-SayedFencing19●1000 Aya DarwishSynchronized Swimming17●1000 Aya MedanyModern Pentathlon15●●●3000 Bacent OthmanTable Tennis23●1000 Jomana ElmaghrabiSynchronized Swimming21●1000 Jermin AnwarTaekwondo17●1000 Haiat FaragWrestling21●1000 Dara HassanienSynchronized Swimming20●1000 Dalia El-GebalySynchronized Swimming16●●2000 Dalia AllamSynchronized Swimming23●1000 Dahlia MokbelSynchronized Swimming15●1000 Doaa ElghobashyBeach Volleyball19●1000 Doaa MoussaRowing22●1000 Dina HosnyShooting20●1000 Dina MeshrefTable Tennis18●●2000 Rania ElwaniSwimming14●●●3000 Rabab EidWrestling21●1000 Raghd MagdyTable Tennis29●1000 Rana El HusseinyFencing20●1000 Rim HassanDiving15●1000 Reem AbdalazemSynchronized Swimming15●●2000 Reem Mohamed KassemSwimming20●1000 Reem MansourArchery22●1000 Sara Ahmed (weightlifter)Weightlifting181001 Sara BarakaRowing20●1000 Sara Abdel GawadSynchronized Swimming18●1000 Samia AhmedSynchronized Swimming20●1000 Sahar HelalSynchronized Swimming15●1000 Sahar YoussefSynchronized Swimming15●1000 Salama IsmailSwimming17●1000 Salma MahmoudGymnastics20●1000 Salma MahranFencing22●1000 Salma NegmeldinSynchronized Swimming20●1000 Samah RamadanJudo26●●2000 Samar HassounahSynchronized Swimming24●1000 Samar AmerWrestling21●1000 Seham El-SawalhyTaekwondo21●●2000 Soha Abdel-AalArchery35●1000 Shaza El-SayedSynchronized Swimming15●●2000 Shahira El-AlfyTable Tennis23●1000 Sherwite HafezSwimming17●1000 Sherine El-ZeinyGymnastics17●●●3000 Sherin TaamaRhythmic Gymnastics18●1000 Shaimaa El-GammalFencing20●●●●4000 Shaimaa Abdul-AzizTable Tennis19●●2000 Shimaa HashadShooting23●●●3000 Shimaa AfifiTaekwondo19●1000 Shaimaa KhalafWeightlifting25●1000 Abir AbdulrahmanWeightlifting16●●2000 Abeer EssawyTaekwondo17●1000 Aziza AbdelfattahSynchronized Swimming17●1000 Esmat MansourWeightlifting25●1000 Afaf El-HodhodShooting19●1000 Fatma El SharnoubyAthletics18●1000 Fatma RashedRowing28●1000 Farida OsmanSwimming17●●2000 Lamyaa BadawiSynchronized Swimming20●1000 Lamia BahnasawyArchery19●1000 Leila AbdelmoezSynchronized Swimming19●1000 Marwa HusseinAthletics26●1000 Marwa SultanShooting17●1000 Menatalla KarimCanoeing20●1000 Mona El-HawaryShooting45●●2000 Mona HassaneinFencing26●1000 Maha AmerDiving17●1000 Maha GoudaDiving18●1000 Mai MohamedSynchronized Swimming18●●2000 May MoustafaFencing17●1000 May MansourArchery19●1000 Nadia NegmRowing18●1000 Nadeen El-DawlatlyTable Tennis19●●2000 Nariman AlySynchronized Swimming17●1000 Nagwan El-ZawawiWeightlifting24●1000 Nada HafezFencing18●1000 Nada SaafanSynchronized Swimming19●1000 Nada KamelArchery21●1000 Nada MeawadBeach Volleyball18●1000 Nehal SaafanSynchronized Swimming19●1000 Nihal MeshrefTable Tennis17●●2000 Nahla RamadanWeightlifting19●●2000 Noha Abd RaboTaekwondo21●1000 Noha YossryTable Tennis16●1000 Nour El-AfandiSynchronized Swimming19●1000 Nour ElayoubiSynchronized Swimming19●1000 Noura MohamedFencing18●1000 Nouran SalehSynchronized Swimming20●1000 Nourhan AmerShooting19●1000 Nevine HafezSwimming15●1000 Hagar BadranSynchronized Swimming19●1000 Hadia Hosny El SaidBadminton20●●2000 Haydy MorsyModern Pentathlon16●1000 Hebatallah El-WazanShooting23●1000 Heba AhmedRowing23●1000 Heba HefnyJudo19●●●3000 Heba Abdel GawadSynchronized Swimming18●●2000 Hedaya MalakTaekwondo19●2001 Hadir MekhimarShooting18●1000 Yasmine HelmiShooting21●1000 Yasmine RostomRhythmic Gymnastics19●1000 Yousra Abdel RazekTable Tennis20●1000 Youmna KhallafSynchronized Swimming16●●2000 Total 108 6 1 3 2 15 16 27 34 37 9 0 0 2
Sports Sport No. ofSportswomen Games No. ofGames Medals 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Taekwondo 6 ● ● ● ● 5 0 0 1 Rowing 5 ● ● ● ● 4 0 0 0 Gymnastics 2 ● ● ● 3 0 0 0 Rhythmic Gymnastics 2 ● ● 2 0 0 0 Judo 2 ● ● ● ● ● 5 0 0 0 Modern Pentathlon 3 ● ● ● ● 4 0 0 0 Shooting 9 ● ● ● ● ● ● 6 0 0 0 Swimming 6 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 7 0 0 0 Synchronized Swimming 27 ● ● ● ● ● ● 6 0 0 0 Diving 3 ● ● 2 0 0 0 Fencing 10 ● ● ● ● ● 5 0 0 0 Wrestling 4 ● ● ● 3 0 0 0 Archery 5 ● ● ● ● 4 0 0 0 Athletics 2 ● ● 2 0 0 0 Table Tennis 9 ● ● ● ● ● ● 6 0 0 0 Weightlifting 8 ● ● ● ● 5 0 0 1 Cycling 1 ● 1 0 0 0 Canoeing 1 ● 1 0 0 0 Badminton 1 ● ● 2 0 0 0 Beach Volleyball 2 ● 1 0 0 0Total 108 4 1 3 2 9 11 13 14 18 9 0 0 2
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