Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz

Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz (Arabic: شيماء عبد العزيز‎; born March 30, 1981 in Giza) is an Egyptian table tennis player.[3] She won a silver medal, along with her partner Moselhi Emad, in the mixed doubles at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[4] As of March 2013, Abdul-Aziz is ranked no. 566 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).[2] She is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.[1]

Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz
Nationality Egypt
Born (1981-03-30) 30 March 1981
Giza, Egypt
Playing styleRight-handed, classic[1]
Highest ranking318 (May 2001)[2]
Current ranking566 (March 2013)[2]
ClubAl-Ahly Sports Club[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Egypt
All-Africa Games
2007 Algiers Mixed doubles
2007 Algiers Team
2007 Algiers Doubles

Abdul-Aziz made her official debut, as a 19-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in both singles and doubles tournaments. For her first event, the women's singles, Abdul-Aziz placed third in the preliminary pool round against Russia's Galina Melnik and Hong Kong's Wong Ching, receiving a total score of 74 points, and two straight losses.[5] In the women's doubles, Abdul-Aziz and her partner Osman Bacent repeated their position in the preliminary pool round against Sweden's Åsa and Marie Svensson, and Belarus' Viktoria Pavlovich and Tatyana Kostromina, attaining only a total score of 45 points and losing four straight matches.[6]

Eight years after competing in her last Olympics, Abdul-Aziz qualified for her second Egyptian team, as a 27-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by receiving a place as one of the top 6 seeded players from the All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.[7][8][9] She lost the preliminary round match of the women's singles tournament to Chinese Taipei's Pan Li-chun, with a unanimous set score of 0–4.[10]

References
  1. "ITTF World Player Profile – Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz". ITTF. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  2. "ITTF World Ranking – Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz". ITTF. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shaimaa Abdul-Aziz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. Marshall, Ian (17 July 2007). "Mixed Doubles Gold for Congo Brazzaville in Algiers". ITTF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  5. "Sydney 2000: Table Tennis – Women's Singles" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  6. "Sydney 2000: Table Tennis – Women's Doubles" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 98. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  7. "Players Qualified for the Olympic Games" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  8. Marshall, Ian (22 July 2007). "African Olympic Games Qualifiers Named". ITTF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  9. "African table tennis qualifiers to Beijing Olympic Games unveiled". Xinhua News Agency. 22 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  10. "Women's Singles Preliminary Round". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
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