Egypt at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Egypt sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The 38 member strong team won 12 medals, 4 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze. Sports Egypt participated in included athletics, powerlifting and table tennis[1] Among Egypt's representatives included Fatma Omar and Sherif Othman in powerlifting, Mohammed Beshta, Mahmoud El-Attar, Hossam Abdel Kader and Mohammed El-Sayed Abdel Kader in athletics and Fayza Hafez in table tennis.[2]

Egypt at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	EGY
NPC	Egyptian Paralympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors	38 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Metwaly Ibrahim Mathna
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 12
Summer Paralympics appearances
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Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Sherif Othman	Powerlifting	Men's 56kg
Gold	Metwaly Ibrahim Mathna	Athletics	Men's 67.5kg
Gold	Fatma Omar	Powerlifting	Women's 56kg
Gold	Heba Said Ahmed	Powerlifting	Women's 82.5kg
Silver	Mahmoud Ramadan Ellatar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F57-58
Silver	Osama Elserngawy	Powerlifting	Men's 52kg
Silver	Amal Mahmoud Osman	Powerlifting	Women's 60kg
Silver	Randa Tageldin Mohamed	Powerlifting	Women's 75kg
Bronze	Yaser Abdelaziz El Sayed	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F55-56
Bronze	Shaban Yehia Ibrahim	Powerlifting	Men's 60kg
Bronze	Zeinab Sayed Oteify	Powerlifting	Men's 44kg
Bronze	Nadia Mohamed Ali	Powerlifting	Women's +82.5kg

Sports

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hossam Eldin Mohamed Sewillam	T37	100m	12.94	16	Did not advance
		200m	26.25	15	Did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Mahmoud Abdelsemia	F55-56	Discus throw	35.24	915	8
Yaser Abdelaziz El Sayed	F55-56	Javelin throw	30.54 SB	929
Mohamed Mohamed Ramadan	F37-38	Discus throw	49.60 SB	964	6
Mahmoud Ramadan Elattar	F57-58	Discus throw	50.74	951	6
		Javelin throw	48.80 SB	1035
Mohamed Roshdy Beshta	F55-56	Shot put	11.35 SB	978	6

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Abd Elmonem Salah Farag	100kg	222.5	4
Osama Elserngawy	52kg	167.5
Shaban Yehia Ibrahim	60kg	195.0
Metwaly Ibrahim Mathna	67.5kg	217.5 PR
Hany Mohsen Abd Elhady	82.5kg	220.0	4
Sherif Othman	56kg	202.5 WR
Mohamed Sobhy Elelfat	75kg	205.0	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Heba Said Ahmed	82.5kg	155.0 WR
Amal Mahmoud Osman	60kg	117.5
Nadia Mohamed Ali	+82.5kg	150.0
Rania Alaa Eldin Morshedi	67.5kg	115.0	4
Fatma Omar	56kg	141.5 WR
Zeinab Sayed Oteify	44kg	92.5
Randa Tageldin Mohamed	75kg	135.0

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sameh Saleh	Men's singles C4-5	Thomas (FRA) W 3–1	D Rodriguez (ARG) W 3–0	N/A	1 Q	Guo X (CHN) W 3–0	Bolldén (SWE) W 3-2	Jung E-c (KOR) L 1-3	Urhaug (NOR) L 0-3	4
Sayed Mohamed Youssef	Men's singles C7	Valera (ESP) L 1-3	Furlan (ITA) L 1-3	Qin X (CHN) W 3-0	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Faiza Mahmoud Afify	Women's singles C6-7	Klymenko (UKR) W 3–2	Munoz (ARG) W 3–2	N/A	1 Q	N/A		Ovsyannikova (RUS) L 0–3	van Zon (NED) L 0-3	4
Angham Medhat Maghraby	Women's singles C10	Fan L (CHN) L 0-3	la Bourdonnaye (FRA) L 0-3	Karmayeva (RUS) L 0-3	4	Did not advance
Faiza Mahmoud Afify Angham Medhat Maghraby	Women's team C6-10	N/A				Czech Republic (CZE) L 1-3	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Russia in the bronze medal match.

Players

• Ashrad Zaghloul Abd Alla
• Abd Elaal Mohamed Abd Elaal
• Rezek Abd Ellatif
• Abdel Nabi Hassan Abdel Latif
• Mohamed Abouelyazeid
• Taher Adel Elabahaey
• Hesham Salah Elshwikh
• Mohamed Abd Elhamed Emara
• Salah Atta Hassanein
• Hossam Massoud Massoud
• El Saad Mossa
• Ahmed Soliman

Tournament

7 September 2008 19:30	Brazil (BRA)	0–'3'	Egypt (EGY)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Anton Probst (Germany)
	(8–25, 14–25, 17–25)

9 September 2008 11:35	Egypt (EGY)	0–'3'	Iran (IRI)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Khalid Salem Shanishah (Libya)
	(25–27, 12–25, 18–25)

10 September 2008 15:30	Japan (JPN)	0–'3'	Egypt (EGY)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 600 Referees: Xia Xin (China)
	(8–25, 11–25, 15–25)

Semifinal

12 September 2008 12:30	Egypt (EGY)	0–'3'	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 400 Referees: Anton Probst (Germany)
	(18–25, 21–25, 20–25)

Bronze medal match

15 September 2008 16:00	Russia (RUS)	'3'-2	Egypt (EGY)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Martijn Meulenkamp (Netherlands)
	(22–25, 25–16, 19–25, 25–20, 15–9)

See also

• Egypt at the Paralympics
• Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee

References

1. "Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak honorary chairperson of Egypt Paralympics Committee" Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Egypt State Information Service, July 25, 2008
2. "Guts and Glory" Archived 2008-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Egypt Today, August 2008