Egypt at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Egypt at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
IPC code EGY
NPC Egyptian Paralympic Committee
in Sydney
Competitors 45 (33 male, 12 female)
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
6
Silver
12
Bronze
10
Total
28
Summer Paralympics appearances

Egypt sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. Egyptian athletes won six gold medals, twelve silver and ten bronze, enabling their country to finish 23rd out of 123 on the medal table. Athletics and powerlifting were equally successful, with each sport giving 3 gold medals each to Egypt.

Background

The Egyptian team included 45 sportspeople, 12 women and 33 men. This was 7 more women than the country had sent to Atlanta for the 1996 Games.[1] General Union of Sports Clubs for the Disabled had served as Egypt's NPC since 1982. In 1998, two years before the Sydney Games, it was replaced by the Egyptian Disabled Sports Federation as a result of President of the Council of Ministers Order No. (659).[2]

Medals

Egypt finished the Sydney hosted Games with 28 totals medals, 6 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze, enabling their country to finish 23rd out of 123 on the medal table.[3][4]

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldMahmoud ElatarAthleticsMen's discus F58
 GoldMahmoud ElatarAthleticsMen's javelin F58
 GoldIbrahim AllamAthleticsMen's shot put F58
 GoldGomma G. AhmedPowerliftingMen's -56kg
 GoldMetwaly MathanaPowerliftingMen's -60kg
 GoldFatma OmarPowerliftingWomen's -44kg
 SilverAhmed Hassan MahmoudAthleticsMen's 400m T37
 SilverTarek HusseinAthleticsMen's discus F37
 SilverIbrahim AliAthleticsMen's discus F57
 SilverMetawa Abou ElkhairAthleticsMen's discus F58
 SilverEl Sayed MoussaAthleticsMen's javelin F58
 SilverHany ElbehiryAthleticsMen's shot put F58
 SilverOsama ElsemegawyPowerliftingMen's -52kg
 SilverShaban IbrahimPowerliftingMen's -67.5kg
 SilverAbd Elmonem FaragPowerliftingMen's -90kg
 SilverSherif BakrPowerliftingMen's -100kg
 SilverAbir Ibrahim Aly NailPowerliftingWomen's -48kg
 SilverHend Abd ElatyPowerliftingWomen's -82.5kg
 BronzeAhmed Hassan MahmoudAthleticsMen's 200m T37
 BronzeHossam Abd EllatifAthleticsMen's discus F57
 BronzeIbrahim AliAthleticsMen's javelin F57
 BronzeHany ElbehiryAthleticsMen's javelin F58
 BronzeKarim FeleifalAthleticsWomen's discus F58
 BronzeZakia AbdinAthleticsWomen's javelin F58
 BronzeMervat OmarAthleticsWomen's shot put F58
 BronzeEl Sayed Abd El AalPowerliftingMen's -75kg
 BronzeMostafa HamedPowerliftingMen's -82.5kg
 BronzeNadia AliPowerliftingWomen's 67.5kg

Athletics

Egypt won three gold medals, six silver and seven bronze in athletics.[5] Egyptian athletes competed at the 1999 Disabled Sports USA DS/USA's National Summer Games as part of their preparation efforts for the 2000 Games.[6] Mahmoud Elatar set a world record of 49.92m in men's javelin F58 while Ibrahim Allam set a personal record of 14.77m in shot put, both athletes gained gold medals.

Powerlifting

Egypt won three gold medals, five silver and four bronze, dropping from first place in Atlanta to third in Sydney, behind China and Nigeria.[2]

Metwalli Mathana made his second Paralympic appearance at these Games.[3] Fatma Omar made her Paralympic debut in Sydney, winning her first gold medal in powerlifting at the Games in the -44 kg class.[3][7] Ahmed Gomaa Mohamed Ahmed participated in his third Games in Sydney. Mohamed Ahmed took up the sport in 1984, and decided to compete internationally because he was able to lift more than his able-bodied counterparts in Egypt. In the period around these Games, he was training five days a week, three hours a day. He was getting funding from the Egyptian Paralympic Committee to allow him to train full time. In Sydney, he repeated his performance from Atlanta, winning gold and setting a world record in the men's -56 kg class.[8] Osama Elserngawy won silver in the Men's 52 kg event.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ LAUFF, JACKIE (2007). "DEVELOPING COUNTRY PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY SPORT COMPETITION: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE" (PDF). Masters Thesis. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-26.
  2. 1 2 "DISABLED SPORTS POWERLIFTING CHALLENGES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE VISION IN EGYPT". Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  3. 1 2 3 "On to the Paralympics". Al-Ahram Weekly (1311). September 8, 2016. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ "A promise is a promise" Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine., Al-Ahram weekly, November 2, 2000
  5. ↑ "Guts and Glory" Archived 2008-09-27 at the Wayback Machine., Egypt Today, August 2008
  6. ↑ Evans, Elizabeth. "Springfield College plays host to two summer national championships." Palaestra Fall 1997: 36+. Academic OneFile. Web. 26 Oct. 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee". en.olympic.cn. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  8. ↑ "Meet Ahmed, Multi Gold Medal Winner and Paralympic Record Holder - Популярные статьи - Библиотека международной спортивной информации". bmsi.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
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